February 18, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Visual Numerics Announces an Expansion of its
Consulting Services and Customer Care Initiatives

Expanded consulting and support services dedicated to building and
maintaining reliable analysis and visualization applications

SAN RAMON, Calif. - February 18, 2003 - Visual Numerics Inc., a leading provider of numerical analysis and visualization software, today announced the expansion of its consulting and support services. In direct response to a growing number of customer requests for more in-depth and personalized services, Visual Numerics is expanding its Consulting Services to include new technical expertise in mathematics and statistics for broader analysis offerings such as custom algorithm development and data I/O and management. In addition, Visual Numerics will continue to provide its comprehensive visualization capabilities through expanded customer care services. In part, this will be accomplished by senior technical experts partnering with account representatives on major accounts.

Visual Numerics is the only vendor to provide a combination of proven software solutions with a comprehensive array of expert technical consulting in all aspects of analytics and advanced visualization. Visual Numerics customers now have a wide range of options for developing analysis and visualization applications - from off-the-shelf software to custom algorithm and code development in mathematics, statistics and sophisticated visualization using any existing tools and languages. For over thirty years, Visual Numerics has developed significant intellectual capital with its core team of developers and math, stat, and visualization experts. Visual Numerics' know-how, talent, tools and resources for analysis and advanced visualization consulting services are unmatched in the industry.

Implementing effective numerical analysis and visualization technologies can be very complex and often requires expertise in application areas outside of a traditional development group or additional resources to deliver the applications on time and on budget. Companies implementing these custom solutions need flexible technology and dedicated technical expertise to bring their applications to fruition. Visual Numerics' combination of technology, domain expertise, and hands-on consulting experience is unparalleled in this area. The company brings over three decades of in-house experience developing analysis and visualization solutions for a wide variety of platforms in a broad range of industries to bear on these critical development problems.

Since 1970, Visual Numerics has been providing the technical expertise and hands-on support that organizations need to build and extend their mission critical applications. Its consultants have a strong track record for developing reliable, custom solutions. From training and consulting to ongoing software and code maintenance, Visual Numerics' experts provide a full range of services covering the smallest details to the most complex technical problems.

The company will also leverage its decades of experience in developing algorithms in C, Java, and Fortran, as well as using a wide variety of visual data analysis tools to provide custom solutions for a wide range of industries including Aerospace, Finance, Automotive, Manufacturing, and Government, just to name a few.

• Statistical and Numerical Methods
• Graphics - 2D, 3D, Image Processing, Custom Graphics
• User Interface Development
• Data I/O and Management
• Algorithm Development
• Inter-Application Communication and Client Server Applications
• Web Based Application Development

"For over 30 years, Visual Numerics has provided data analysis and visualization solutions to top businesses, government agencies, and leading scientific and research organizations across a wide range of industries," said Sean Fitzgerald, vice president of technology and consulting, Visual Numerics. "We are now taking all of that considerable knowledge and expertise and offering it to our customers to help them get the most value from their analysis and visualization applications as quickly as possible."

"Visual Numerics has been key in helping us develop and refine our Visual Data Analysis application," said Brian Landes, Technology Leader, The Dow Chemical Company, a long-time Visual Numerics' customer. "The team of Visual Numerics' consultants went above and beyond the call of duty to focus on understanding and solving our problems. They delivered more than we expected, ahead of schedule and on budget. Their services are a great value and we will continue to use them to extend our application in 2003."

In addition to expanding its Consulting Services, Visual Numerics will also offer new Support Services for its PV-WAVE family of products. A new Premium Support Program will be offered to PV-WAVE customers who want dedicated senior technical expertise, extended personalized hands-on support, priority product services and problem escalation, and specialized training. Under this new premium program, each account will be assigned a dedicated senior support engineer to focus on analyzing and solving the problems at hand and maintaining that relationship to ensure implementation of all customer care initiatives and complete customer satisfaction.

For more information about Visual Numerics expanded consulting and support services, please visit the following links:

Visual Numerics (www.vni.com) has provided technical software solutions for numerical analysis and visualization for over 30 years. The company's software products help users understand complex data from a variety of sources and build business-critical applications. Visual Numerics offers two product lines: the IMSL Numerical Libraries for powerful mathematical and statistical analysis and the PV-WAVE visual data analysis development environment. Visual Numerics also offers consulting services for applications that involve mathematical, statistical, or visual analysis. Major corporations, academic institutions, and research laboratories worldwide use Visual Numerics' software tools, including such high profile companies as: Bear, Stearns & Company; Sandia National Laboratories; Boeing Company; and Coleman Research Corp. This large and diverse customer base is supported through a direct sales force, wholly owned international subsidiaries, and international distributors. For more information about Visual Numerics, please visit www.vni.com.

Editor's Notes:

PV-WAVE and IMSL are registered trademarks in the US and other countries. JMSL, JWAVE and TS-WAVE are trademarks of Visual Numerics. All other company, product or brand names are the property of their respective owners. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Java and Write Once Run Anywhere are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.