INSEE of France Signs Multiyear Agreement With Ivation Datasystems

Beyond 20/20 to be the tabulation engine for the 1999 Census of France. Statistical agencies around the world continue to prefer Beyond 20/20 for their census data tabulation requirements.

Ottawa, Canada – January 15, 1999 – Ivation Datasystems Inc. announced today that the Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE) has signed a multiyear agreement in which Beyond 20/20 will be the data tabulation tool and browser for the 1999 Census of France. At least 100 analysts in over 24 regional offices across France will be equipped with Beyond 20/20 on their desktop computers.

INSEE was looking for a software product that could process and aggregate millions of data records in a very short amount of time. They found what they were looking for in Beyond 20/20. Capable of aggregating millions of records of data in seconds, Beyond 20/20’s powerful features, speed, and simplicity of use will result in significant time savings for INSEE.

"We are very proud that INSEE has selected Beyond 20/20 for its 1999 Census of France," says Jean Carr, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Ivation Datasystems Inc. "Today, more and more statistical agencies like INSEE find that they need a powerful and fast microdata tabulation engine that will help their organization quickly compile and tabulate source survey data. Beyond 20/20 continues to be the leading data tabulation and manipulation tool responding to this growing need."

About the Institut National de la Statistique et Des Études Économiques (INSEE)

Founded in 1946, the Institut National de la Statistique et Des Études Économiques (INSEE) gathers, processes, analyzes, and disseminates statistical data on the French economy and society. INSEE coordinates the nation's public statistical system and is a participant in the "European Statistical Area." It also engages in cooperative and advisory programs with many countries. For more information, visit the INSEE Web site.

About Beyond 20/20 Inc.

Used worldwide by organizations and individuals who must find the knowledge held in data, Beyond 20/20 is emerging as the world's leading software product for disseminating and exploring numerical data. Beyond 20/20, with its unique characteristics, ease-of-use, and superior performance in publishing, examining, visualizing, and manipulating socioeconomic statistics, provides measurable productivity improvements to both data publishers and data consumers. Through both its product and service divisions, Beyond 20/20 Inc. actively works with its customers to implement and support data access and dissemination solutions and technologies.