Saturday, March 13, 2010
Planalytics Teams with Haver Analytics to Provide New Weather Databases

WAYNE, PA, June 4, 2009 – Planalytics Inc. announced today an agreement to provide Haver Analytics, a company that specializes in database and software products for economic analysis and business decision-making, with weather databases covering the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. Haver will make the Planalytics weather data available to clients through Data Link Express (DLX®), its database management software.

The Planalytics weather databases – “USWEATHR”, “UKWEATHR” and “CAWEATHR” – each provide ten years of weekly and monthly history as well as up to three weeks of forecasts for temperature, precipitation and snow in both metric and U.S. measurements.

“Weather is always changing and this variability has a substantial impact on consumers, regions, businesses and industries,” stated Fred Fox, President and CEO of Planalytics. “By teaming up with Haver, we are able to reach a large community of analysts and business decision makers with the data they need to monitor, measure and model the financial impact of weather.”

Planalytics weather data are updated and cleansed daily and cover 505 metro areas and 3118 counties in the U.S., 72 metro areas in the U.K., 12 metro areas in Ireland and 86 metro areas in Canada. Weekly average or total values and normal values are provided for maximum, minimum and mean temperature, precipitation and snow, and precipitation and snow day counts.

“Planalytics offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date and cleansed weather database commercially available,” commented Rob Pahl, Haver’s Director of Sales and Marketing. “Our clients are now able to quickly and easily compile location- and time-specific weather data they need to make better decisions and forecasts.”

About Haver Analytics
Haver Analytics specializes in database and software products for economic analysis and business decision-making. Haver Analytics maintains more than 185 economic and financial databases from over 750 government and private sources. Databases cover the U.S., states, metro areas and counties, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China and other emerging markets. Haver Analytics is the sole provider of the Oil & Gas Journal Energy Database and also maintains key third party data including forecast and specialized databases covering the world economies. Up to the minute data for all 185+ Haver databases are made available through the advanced DLX software optimized for managing and updating very large data sets.

About Planalytics Inc.
Planalytics Inc. is the singular global source of Business Weather Intelligence® – the actionable information companies need to understand and optimize the impact of weather on their business. Weather is the most volatile of all external factors affecting business performance and Planalytics helps companies proactively manage this risk. Powered by an unparalleled database of weather’s financial and volumetric impacts, proprietary forecasting technologies and market-specific expertise, Planalytics’ Business Weather Intelligence is essential to any company, in any industry, looking to effectively shape strategies, pinpoint opportunities and make more profitable decisions. For more information, visit www.planalytics.com.




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WEBCAST: Easter/Spring Outlook 2010
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Business Weather Intelligence Symposium (Northwest AR)
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