TIBCO Spotfire Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in 2013 Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 12, 2013) -  TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced that TIBCO Spotfire® has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant in Gartner, Inc.'s 2013 Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms Magic Quadrant*. Vendors were evaluated based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.

"At TIBCO, our goal is to provide our customers with a full suite of business optimization and big data solutions that work together to discover and predict the hidden power of big data," said Lou Jordano, vice president of product marketing for TIBCO. "We couldn't be more pleased to be included in this year's 'leaders' quadrant because we believe it confirms our commitment to not only transform enterprises but also to do so in a way that is unlike any other BI platform available."

"Spotfire's visualization and analytics tools provide enterprise-grade scalability and customization demanded by data scientists, as well as the interactive flexibility demanded by line of business users needing immediate and actionable business intelligence from big data. Our strength is unmatched -- serving both the entire enterprise from mission critical applications by Fortune 1000 companies, right down to small and medium business users," Jordano said.

TIBCO Spotfire® 5.0, released in September 2012, is a game changer for big data and predictive analytics. Spotfire® 5.0 sports a completely re-architected in-memory engine, as well as integration with warehousing leaders Teradata, Oracle, and Microsoft, including access to Microsoft SQL Server, enabling users from across the enterprise to visualize and interact with massive amounts of data. Spotfire 5.0 also delivers enterprise-strength self-service predictive analytics to speed decisions and help customers achieve a two-second advantage®.

More information about the report and related research is available at http://www.gartner.com.

*Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms," February 5, 2013 by Kurt Schlegel, Rita L. Sallam, Daniel Yuen and Joao Tapadinhas

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About TIBCO
TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) is a provider of infrastructure software for companies to use on-premise or as part of cloud computing environments. Whether it's efficient claims or trade processing, cross-selling products based on real-time customer behavior, or averting a crisis before it happens, TIBCO provides companies the two-second advantage^® -- the ability to capture the right information, at the right time and act on it preemptively for a competitive advantage. More than 4,000 customers worldwide rely on TIBCO to manage information, decisions, processes, and applications in real-time. TIBCO Spotfire is the company's in-memory analytics software for next-generation business intelligence. By offering a visual, interactive experience, Spotfire helps professionals quickly discover new and actionable insights in information. Learn more at http://spotfire.tibco.com.

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