TIBCO Spotfire Awarded by Yphise as the Best-Ranked Solution for Operational Analytics

Independent Research Firm Recommends TIBCO Spotfire as the Top Operational Analytics Solution in ISO 9001:2000-Certified Assessment Report


SOMERVILLE, MA--(Marketwire - September 23, 2009) - TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced TIBCO Spotfire® has been recognized by the independent analyst group Yphise as providing the best Operational Analytics (OA) solution in comparison with the competition. TIBCO Spotfire was chosen for its ability to empower business users to deploy real-time process-specific analytics applications and streamline business process control across the organization.

According to the Yphise report, TIBCO Spotfire is "a comprehensive and flexible solution that meets the needs of many user profiles, from operational user to business analyst. It provides the best coverage of our list of requirements."(1)

Yphise certified that TIBCO Spotfire is a solution that has the strengths that represent a valuable investment according to the expected benefits by large companies, using an ISO 9001-certified assessment. Yphise came to this conclusion through an examination of four key requirements:

--  Exploring the operational data easily;
--  Providing flexible and easy-to-use tools for business users;
--  Allowing intuitive and dynamic analysis; and,
--  Ensuring wide access to analysis and dashboards.
    

The Yphise report states: "We appreciate the interactivity of the [TIBCO Spotfire] solution's user interface, as well as its ease-of-use. The solution was designed for intuitive navigation within operational data. It loads and manipulates the data directly in-memory in order to provide maximum responsiveness to end-users."(2)

TIBCO Spotfire enables customers to deploy real-time process-specific analytics applications and streamline business process control across the organization. It offers the only event-driven, closed-loop analytics software on the market for achieving actionable, real-time business intelligence (BI). Unlike other products that notify users of problems, but don't initiate an action or fix, TIBCO Spotfire closes the business process improvement loop by automatically preparing an interactive analysis application of a real-time process based on customer-defined rules. Using a single application on their desktop, business professionals can quickly perform root-cause analysis and then revise rule parameters to improve future business performance.

"Recognition by Yphise as the best Operational Analytics solution is testament to TIBCO's commitment to providing the most flexible platform for today's organizations to quickly find new insights across a broad range of users and processes throughout the enterprise," said Lars Bauerle, vice president of Product Management, Spotfire Division, TIBCO Software Inc. "Our in-memory analytics platform gives organizations the ability to quickly and easily anticipate changes, which can make all the difference in today's unpredictable economic times."

To download the report, visit http://goto.spotfire.com/g/?SFE2J9X0TU=clicksrc:pressrelease.

About Yphise

Yphise selects the business cases that represent valuable investments and lead to pragmatic projects according to issues of interest to executives. Each year, Yphise research draws up the portfolio of valuable, concrete and pragmatic projects that executives should consider when making investment decisions. Yphise puts forth investment recommendations on software solutions based on accurate and detailed assessment. The Yphise ongoing research program has helped executives plan, prioritize, conduct and control the useful software projects in order to increase business performance worldwide since 1985. ISO 9001:2000 certification of Yphise's research is evidence of independence and robust methodology for assessing software solutions according to issues and priorities of large companies. Learn more at www.yphise.com.

About TIBCO

TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) is a leading provider of enterprise analytics software for next generation business intelligence. TIBCO Spotfire products offer a visual and interactive experience that helps professionals quickly discover new and actionable insights in information. Distinguished by its speed to insight and adaptability to specific business challenges, Spotfire rapidly reveals unseen threats and new opportunities, creating significant economic value. Spotfire customers include industry leaders among the Global 2000 that have deployed Spotfire analytics to gain an information advantage over their competitors. For more information, visit http://spotfire.tibco.com.

TIBCO, TIBCO Software and TIBCO Spotfire are trademarks or registered trademarks of TIBCO Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.

(1) TIBCO Spotfire for IAO -- Interactive Analysis for the Operations, Certificate 07/09

(2) TIBCO Spotfire for IAO -- Interactive Analysis for the Operations, Certificate 07/09

Contact Information: Media Inquiries Amy Groden-Morrison TIBCO Software Inc. 617-702-1710 amorriso@tibco.com http://spotfire.tibco.com Toni Iafrate Davies Murphy Group 781-418-2406 spotfire@daviesmurphy.com http://daviesmurphy.com