Press Release

Total Access Statistics for Access 2003 Released

VIENNA, VA – April 29, 2004 – FMS, Inc. announced today the release of Total Access Statistics for Access 2003. Total Access Statistics is the most advanced data analysis tool for Microsoft Access.

Total Access Statistics generates a wide range of statistical analysis, easily calculate frequency distributions, percentiles, correlations, regressions, t-test, crosstabs, ANOVA, non-parametrics, and wide variety of other numerical analysis either interactively or programmatically.

Integrated into Access as an add-in, an interactive Statistics Wizard guides users through the process of selecting the analysis to perform and the table and fields to analyze. The results are placed in Access tables that can be sorted, queried or used in reports. All analyses settings are automatically saved as scenarios that can be re-run or edited at any time. A programmatic interface is available to invoke scenarios within Access applications.

Total Access Statistics for Access 2003 is now shipping with many new features and analysis types. New versions for Access 2000 and 2002 are also available with these enhancements.

A new Record Analysis category was added and includes three new analysis types to help better manage your records:

• Random - Generates or flags a subset of your records.

• Ranking - Assigns a numeric rank to each record based on its value with special handling for ties.

• Normalize - Convert non-normalized fields (text or numbers) into a new table in normalized format.

New percentile options for Describe and Percentile analysis are available for calculating Quintiles, Octiles, and every 5th percentile. You can also update each record in your data source with its percentile value.

"A new code generator gives you the code to add statistical analysis and probability calculations into your applications," said Luke Chung, FMS president and founder. "Total Access Statistics gives Access users and developers the power they need to analyze their Access data the way they expect within Access."

"Total Access Statistics...performs a wide range of data analysis right inside Access. The product includes a Statistics Wizard to perform parametric, group, and non-parametric analysis and more. The results are placed in Access tables that you can integrate into your forms and reports." said Alison Balter, Author

FMS has offered commercial statistical analysis products since 1990. In addition to Access, FMS also offers Total VB Statistics for Visual Basic developers, and Total SQL Statistics program for VB and .NET developers using Microsoft SQL Server.

Product Information

Total Access Statistics includes a royalty-free runtime license that allows the inclusion of its analysis in distributed Access applications. Licensing is on a per developer basis.

Pricing is $599 per license, $1799 for five licenses, and $5999 for 25 licenses.

Total Access Statistics can be purchased directly from FMS, through corporate resellers, and international distributors. All FMS products offer a 30-day money back guarantee.

About FMS

Founded in 1986, FMS is a privately held software firm located in Tysons Corner, Virginia. FMS is the world’s leading developer of products for Microsoft Access developers, and a top vendor of products for the SQL Server, Visual Studio .NET, and Visual Basic communities. With tens of thousands of customers in over 100 countries, FMS customers are comprised from a variety of public and private organizations including 90 of the Fortune 100. Committed to innovation and quality, all FMS products are developed by an in-house team of experts including several Microsoft MVPs, published authors, and frequent quest speakers. FMS is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Microsoft Independent Software Vender (MSDN ISV), an Intel Early Access Program member, a member of the Association for Competitive Technology, and a member of Visual Studio .NET Integration Program (VSIP).