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SEATTLE, WA � October 20, 2006 � Insightful Corporation (NASDAQ:IFUL), a leading provider of predictive analytics and reporting solutions, today announced that Barclays Global Investors (BGI), one of the world�s largest asset managers, selected Insightful�s S-PLUS� software product family for delivery of quantitative analysis across the company�s global research group.

BGI is deploying Insightful�s S-PLUS Server and Insightful Miner� Server products enterprise wide to help improve the quality and timeliness of predictive analytics and quantitative research. A subsidiary of the UK-based financial services group Barclays, BGI has more than 2,800 clients in 52 countries world wide.

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