IFUL Insightful Corp (MM)

Insightful Corporation (Nasdaq:IFUL), a leading provider of predictive analytics and reporting solutions, announced today that the beta version of S-PLUS(R) 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. "We are very pleased to announce the beta program for S-PLUS 8 and invite those interested to enroll in the program," said Jeff Coombs, CEO of Insightful. "S-PLUS 8 is expected to be another significant milestone for Insightful as we continue to deliver on our product roadmap, providing statistical data analysis and predictive analytics to a much broader set of users across the enterprise." The company is considering a number of potential new features and enhancements, including: -- S-PLUS Package System: This potential feature will provide statistical developers a convenient framework for creating and distributing libraries for S-PLUS. -- S(R) language extensions: Over a hundred new functions are planned to be added. -- S-PLUS Workbench debugger: This potential feature, available in S-PLUS 8 Enterprise Developer and S-PLUS 8 Enterprise Server, allows users to debug S-PLUS code from within the S-PLUS Workbench. More information regarding the S-PLUS beta program can be found at: http://www.insightful.com/support/splus8beta/. ABOUT INSIGHTFUL Insightful Corporation (Nasdaq:IFUL) is a provider of predictive analytics and reporting solutions. Insightful products S-PLUS(R), Insightful Miner(TM), S-PLUS(R) Server and InFact(R) allow companies to perform sophisticated statistical data analysis, data mining and create high-quality graphics from numeric and text data. Insightful consulting services provide specialized expertise and proven processes for the design, development and deployment of customized solutions. The company has been delivering industry-leading, high-ROI solutions to thousands of companies in financial services, life sciences, biotechnology, telecommunications, and manufacturing, plus government and research institutions for more than 18 years. Headquartered in Seattle, Insightful has offices in North Carolina, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, with distributors around the world. For more information, visit www.insightful.com, email info@insightful.com or call 1-800-569-0123. Note to Investors -- Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the potential performance, features, and advantages of our new product release and the potential value of our new product release to customers. Forward-looking statements are based on the judgment and opinions of management at the time the statements are made. Inaccurate assumptions and known and unknown risks and uncertainties can affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements for a number of reasons, including, without limitation, the risk that our new product release does not perform as designed and expected and the risk that this product release does not achieve market acceptance. More detailed information regarding these and other factors that could affect actual results is set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent report on Form 10-KSB. You should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated events.