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Active Web Services and SPSS Inc. Partner to Provide Solutions to Limit Exposure, Improve Processes Through Intelligent Warranty and Claims Management

New Products Will Help Automotive Manufacturers Comply with new TREAD Act; Similar Benefits for Key Warranty-Intensive Industries

AURORA, IL, and CHICAGO, 7/28/03 - Active Web Services and SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) today announced a partnership to create software solutions to enable customers to more actively manage warranty and claims processes. With these combined offerings, customers, particularly those in the automotive and other warranty-intensive industries, will immediately benefit by limiting their exposure due to faulty products. Near-term benefits include increased supplier cost recovery, as well as reduced per-unit warranty costs, warranty process cycle time and claim overpayment.

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