NEW YORK, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's business, today announced that it has partnered with TIBCO Software Inc., a leading provider of enterprise analytics software for next generation business intelligence, to integrate TIBCO Spotfire(R) into the Capital IQ Platform. This new functionality allows end users to aggregate large amounts of financial data and visualize the results in order to quickly identify and analyze patterns and trends. The integration of Spotfire enterprise analytics is part of Capital IQ's latest release which includes a number of additional enhancements to the Capital IQ Platform.

Capital IQ has integrated TIBCO Spotfire visualization templates that allow users to compare data and visualize characteristics, distribution, and details such as geography, sector, and price performance analysis. Each template will aggregate up to 10,000 screening results and create dynamic graphical representations that can be easily drilled into, filtered and customized.

"The addition of TIBCO Spotfire to Capital IQ will allow users to aggregate large quantities of data in a highly efficient way," says Randall Winn, executive managing director of Capital IQ. "Spotfire builds on our already robust screening tool by allowing buy side clients to visually analyze the companies in their portfolios to gain new and interesting perspectives."

"We are excited that Capital IQ has chosen to partner with TIBCO and integrate our Enterprise Analytics Platform into its financial data platform," says Christopher Ahlberg, EVP and President, TIBCO Spotfire. "By using powerful visualization and analysis software, their clients now have the ability to quickly find new insights into the companies they monitor. This enhances Capital IQ's best of breed financial data and analytics offerings. We look forward to our ongoing relationship and working with Capital IQ to continue to improve its clients' experience."

About Capital IQ and Standard & Poor's

Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's business, provides high-impact information and workflow solutions to over 2,400 leading financial institutions, advisory firms, and corporations. Its solutions are based on the Capital IQ Platform, a unique combination of global private and public capital market data and technology that enables end-users to draw deep market insights, generate better ideas, leverage relationships, and simplify workflow. Clients can deploy the Capital IQ Platform either as a standalone solution or seamlessly integrate its components into existing business applications and portals via systems integration and data feeds. For more information, please visit Capital IQ's web site at www.capitaliq.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.

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