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TIBCO Spotfire and Integromics Partner on Development of Genomics Platform for Province of Andalusia

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 General News
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SOMERVILLE, Mass., Feb. 19 Spotfire, a divisionof TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX), today announced that the company isjoining forces for the development of a genomics platform for the Region ofAndalusia in Spain. Integromics, a provider of state-of-the-art softwaresolutions for data management and data analysis in Genomics, Proteomics andDrug Discovery, has been selected to create the platform, which is funded bythe Governments of Spain and Andalusia, in efforts to build support for LifeScience practices throughout southern Spain. The University of Malaga and theUniversity of Cordoba will be responsible for the coordination of theplatform.
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Integromics will use TIBCO Spotfire's suite of products to create theProvince's genomics platform, an open environment that integrates complexinformation and applications. Researchers and scientists located atuniversities, hospitals, and laboratories will have a direct, interactive,visual approach to data analysis that rapidly reveals insights and unexpectedrelationships. This helps to accelerate breakthroughs in potential diseasetreatments through collaboration and data sharing with participating groupsthroughout southern Spain, resulting in faster decision-making processesthroughout their organizations.
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"We are excited to be implementing the TIBCO Spotfire solution as acentral resource for our Life Sciences labs in Andalusia. This technology willplay a key role in integrating heterogeneous sources of information andcreating easy-to-follow analytic guides for Genomics and Transcriptomics,"said Dr. Guillermo Perez, spokesman and coordinator of IT systems ofPlataforma Bioinformatica de Andalusia. "Working with leading companies likeTIBCO Spotfire and Integromics to create a visual, interactive analyticapplication platform allows us to take a great step forward in providing end-users with the capability of running powerful analysis on their own."

"Spotfire has become the de facto standard enterprise analytics platformin the life sciences industry," said Dr. Vicente Rodriguez Carro, CEO ofIntegromics. "Integromics partnered with Spotfire to extend our servicesportfolio with a visual, interactive analytic application platform that easilyintegrates multiple data sources, and transforms data into an interactivedecision-making asset. With this functionality, life science researchers canask and answer new questions and create an advanced problem solvingenvironment."

Unlike current first generation BI systems, the TIBCO Spotfire EnterpriseAnalytics platform is dramatically more adaptable to multiple industries andbusiness processes. The TIBCO Spotfire platform enables Integromics'pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic research groups to quickly findand categorize complex patterns. With interactive analysis and high-impactvisualization capabilities, users can examine the expression and annotationdimensions of their data and perform a variety of numerical analyses. Userscan also collaborate across and outside their enterprises, providinginteractive presentations of complex information.

"Creating knowledge from mass data is one of the most challenging issuesfacing research groups in the Life Sciences industry," said ChristianMarcazzo, Senior Director of Life Science Analytics for Spotfire. "We'reexcited to be a part of a project that will provide researchers with apowerful environment to accelerate discovery by providing accurate, up-to-dateanalytics from a single reliable source."

About Integromics

Integromics S.L. provides state-of-the-art software solutions for datamanagement and data analysis in Genomics, Proteomics and Drug Discovery. Fromits scientific base, Integromics offers its clients a deep and currentunderstanding of challenges, initiatives and solutions related to LifeSciences. Integromics has formed important partnerships in industry andacademia to develop techno
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