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WPS Version 2.5.2 Released

Includes support for Netezza, new language support, larger datasets, improved scalability

LONDON, UK - 18 June 2011 - World Programming today released version 2.5.2 of their WPS software for workstations, servers and mainframes.

WPS version 2.5.2 adds a new data engine for accessing Netezza data warehouse appliances. WPS now comes with a total of twelve data engines providing access to a wide range of file-formats and databases.

In addition this update includes a further boost in performance together with a number of fixes and enhancements.

WPS version 2.5.2 is available as a free upgrade to all licensed users of WPS.

Summary of Main New Features:

• Performance Enhancements
  Performance improvements in version 2.5.2 focus on the DATA Step and PROC SQL.
• Core Language Support
  WPS 2.5.2 continues the expansion of it's language support with several new language items, including new procedure statements, options and system options.
• Statistical Analysis
  The procedure support in WPS Statistics has been expanded in PROC CLUSTER to add cubic clustering criterion analysis.
• Netezza®
  A new WPS Engine for Netezza provides dedicated support for accessing the Netezza database including bulk loading and unloading.

More Information:

WPS is a competitively priced, high performance, highly scalable data processing and analytics software product that allows users to execute programs written in the language of SAS. WPS is supported on a wide variety of hardware and operating system platforms and can connect to and work with many types of data with ease. The WPS user interface (Workbench) is frequently praised for its ease of use and flexibility, with the option to include numerous third-party extensions.

Existing Users should visit www.teamwpc.co.uk/support/release/wps where you can download a readme file containing more information about all the new features and fixes in WPS 2.5.2.

New Users should visit www.teamwpc.co.uk/products/wps where you can explore in more detail all the features available in WPS or request a free evaluation.