10.02.2004 – 16:56

Sand Technology Inc.

SAND Technology Deutschland GmbH and SPSS GmbH Software Announce Collaboration: Joining Forces for Major Customer Intelligence Projects

Montreal and Hamburg, Germany (ots) SAND(TM) Technology Inc.
(NASDAQ: SNDT), a leading supplier of high-performance analytic
application infrastructure for customer intelligence, data marts and
data warehousing, and SPSS, a leader in the fields of data mining,
market research and analytical CRM, have announced plans to cooperate
more closely in Germany and Austria.

"This agreement puts both of our companies in a position to
complement and leverage each other's core competencies in the
marketplace," says Roland Markowski, Managing Director of SAND
Technology Deutschland GmbH in Hamburg. "The ability to interface
with SPSS' Clementine adds considerable strength to the analytical
and predictive capabilities delivered by our customer intelligence
solutions. Customers served by both companies, such as AOL Germany,
will reap benefits from this partnership in areas such as support and
integration."

Already, AOL Germany relies on the SAND Analytic Server and
Clementine from SPSS to help execute its marketing campaigns more
successfully. Thanks to the integrated solution, customer information
is now available at the push of a button. "On average, we are able to
design and execute our campaigns 15 - 20% more effectively than ever
before," says Fred Türling, Director of Database Marketing at AOL
Germany. "In light of the current situation, in which the entire
market is rapidly approaching saturation, I'm convinced that our data
warehouse project has taken on extremely high strategic importance to
AOL Germany. We're also confident it will help us considerably
improve our business in the future. Therefore, we will continue to
invest in this solution."

"Open standards and easy integration with existing IT environments
have always been important considerations for SPSS," says Karl Busl,
Country Manager for SPSS in Germany. "As a leading provider of data
mining and analytic CRM solutions, we are constantly on the lookout
for interesting technology partners. With SAND Technology, we are now
able to offer our customers a full-scale best-of--breed solution for
increasing customer intelligence."

About the SAND(TM) Analytic Server

The SAND Analytic Server allows integration of virtually unlimited
volumes of data from a variety of sources -- data warehouses,
operational systems, and legacy or third-party databases -- into a
compact, fully-indexed analytical repository that can be rapidly
deployed and quickly and easily accessed by business users via SQL92-
compliant Business Intelligence tools or methods. It is highly
scalable to accommodate growth and fast and simple to update to
accommodate business change. The SAND Analytic Server boosts the
performance of existing Business Intelligence architectures while
reducing the need for involvement of specialist data management
staff, and fully supports 24x365 operations, making it ideal for
business-critical applications.

The SAND Analytic Server delivers on the promise of analytics @
the speed of business(TM) by immediately providing tangible business
benefits, and delivering low total cost of ownership and high overall
return on investment.

SPSS Software

SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS) is a global provider of predictive
analytics technology and services. The company's predictive analytics
technology connects data to effective action by drawing reliable
conclusions about current conditions and future events. More than
250,000 commercial, academic, and public sector customers rely on
SPSS technology to help increase revenue, reduce costs, improve
processes, and detect and prevent fraud. Founded in 1968, SPSS is
headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For additional information,
please visit www.spss.com.

About SAND Technology(TM)

SAND Technology empowers organizations worldwide with a better
understanding of their business through a better understanding of
their business data. SAND Analytic Server-based solutions include CRM
analytics, web analytics, and other specialized "Business
Intelligence" applications for government and security, healthcare,
customer relationship (CRM) analytics, supply chain management,
inventory and production optimization, financial analysis, and
strategic planning.

SAND has offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom
and Central Europe, and is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol SNDT.

For more information, visit www.sand.com

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"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States
Private Securities Reform Act of 1995 and are intended to be subject
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forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions and
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events may occur which could cause actual results to differ
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services due to weakening economic conditions and market acceptance
of the SAND Nucleus Product Suite are important factors which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. More
information about factors that potentially could affect SAND's
financial results is included in SAND's current Annual Report and in
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