OTTAWA, January 1, 2006 - e-academy Inc. is announcing a new relationship with JMP, of Cary, NC, to distribute fully-functional short-term licenses of JMP 6 to students to help them learn statistics, advanced statistics, and Six Sigma® practices and apply statistics to their research. JMP is a business unit of SAS, the world leader in business intelligence software and services powered by market-leading analytics.

JMP 6 is statistical discovery software that dynamically links statistics with graphics to interactively explore, understand, and visualize data. Designed for anyone who wants to discover relationships and outliers in their data, JMP provides a comprehensive set of statistical tools as well as Design of Experiments and statistical quality control in a single package.

JMP 6 six-month and 12-month term licenses will be available from e-academy's eStore at jmp.e-academy.com. Proof of enrollment at a qualified educational institution in the U.S. will be required.

"We have a passion for improving the educational experience for students in higher education," said Ram Raju, CEO of e-academy Inc. "This new offering will enable students to use JMP's world-class statistical software in their studies at textbook pricing."

"SAS is committed to providing affordable software applications that enhance the educational experience for students," said Gail Massari, JMP Marketing Manager. "e-academy helps us fulfill this commitment."

SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at 40,000 sites - including 96 of the top 100 companies in the FORTUNE Global 500®. For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know ®.

e-academy Inc. is the leading provider of software distribution solutions to higher education. e-academy's ELMS software distribution platform is used by over 4,400 educational institutions worldwide, in five languages. e-academy's STATS Center, stats.e-academy.com, specializes if providing affordable term licenses of leading statistical software to the academic market.

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