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CHICAGO --10/09/01 - SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS), a worldwide provider of
analytical technology, today announced that Siebel Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SEBL), the world's leading provider of eBusiness
applications software, has made a $5 million equity investment in the
company. SPSS Inc. has evolved from a statistical software company to
one providing a broad range of data mining and other sophisticated
data analytical technology and services. SPSS Inc. and its products
and solutions enable organizations to effectively manage the future
through their use of predictive analytic techniques.

See www.spss.com for more information.