Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

GLAXOSMITHKLINE RESEARCH CHOOSES SPOTFIRE

Somerville, Mass. –September 25, 2006 - Spotfire (http://www.spotfire.com/), a leading provider of interactive analytics software that helps business professionals quickly discover new and actionable insights in information, today announced that GSK, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, has selected Spotfire DecisionSite® across its Chemistry Domain area to assist the discovery and development of new products and processes.

Spotfire was selected because its analytics and visualization solutions can handle large amounts of complex data, address a range of analytic challenges and serve a broad number of researchers in understanding multiple sources of research material and information. Because of its highly customizable and scaleable attributes, Spotfire DecisionSite was chosen by the IT team within GSK’s Chemistry Domain over other analytic solutions available in the market.

In addition to its strength in visualizing and analyzing data, DecisionSite has also allowed GSK’s Chemistry Domain to work with the increasingly large volume of high throughput data coming from its screening programme. GSK’s Chemistry Domain has worked closely with Spotfire’s professional services team to develop custom analytic solutions to meet some of the specific research analytic challenges.

Commenting on GSK’s use of the DecisionSite solution, Christopher Ahlberg, Chief Executive Officer of Spotfire, said: “GSK researchers use interactive analytics to gain insights that can improve medical care for people everywhere. The fact that they chose us is both an honor and a great example of how Spotfire is able to help professionals in many fields illuminate important and exciting discoveries amongst the overwhelming amount of information we often work with.”


About Spotfire
Spotfire is a leading provider of interactive analytics software that helps business professionals quickly discover new and actionable insights in information. For 1000's of business professionals faced with day-to-day decisions, Spotfire analytics offers the platinum user experience for visually interacting with information. Distinguished by its intuitive ease and analytic power, Spotfire software rapidly reveals unseen threats and illuminates new opportunities, creating significant economic value. Spotfire’s customers include industry leaders among the Global 2000 that have deployed Spotfire analytics to gain an information advantage over their competitors. For more info, visit http://www.spotfire.com.

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Michele Bayliss
Ascendant Communications
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