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SEATTLE, WA ­ April 5, 2006 ­ Insightful Corporation (NASDAQ: IFUL), a leading provider of predictive analytics and reporting solutions, announced today that the beta version of S-PLUS® 8, the next major release of Insightful’s software platform for statistical data analysis and predictive analytics, is available and began shipping yesterday, April 4, 2006. The beta program will be conducted on S-PLUS 8 Enterprise Developer and will continue until August 31, 2006.

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