Information Builders Supporting Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server

Information Builders' Middleware Technology Division, a global leader in enterprise application integration, announced its support for Hyperion's Essbase OLAP Server. This new capability lets businesses integrate information from Hyperion's market-leading open, cross-platform, enterprise OLAP (online analytic processing) server with over 85 other data sources on 35 platforms.

Information Builders' new Enterprise Data Access (EDA) adapter for Hyperion Essbase works with other EDA adapters to tie together data from multiple sources simultaneously. Businesses can enrich queries and reports from legacy, ERP, relational, application, and transaction systems with information from Hyperion Essbase and analysis applications.

Richard Levy, vice president of Information Builders' Middleware Technology Group, explained the new adapter's business benefits. "Many of our customers use Hyperion Essbase for its excellent business analysis and discovery capabilities. They craft their databases to create valuable business insights. Now they can incorporate them into a single multipurpose view of their enterprise data, which gives them a higher return on investment. For example, users of our industry-leading WebFOCUS product line can build Hyperion Essbase-enriched Business Intelligence and enterprise reporting applications, while users of IBM's MQ Series Integrator can create integration workflows that are both simpler and more complete. Some users will tie Hyperion Essbase information into Web-based storefronts using IBM's WebSphere or BEA's WebLogic. Others will want to write their own custom collaborative applications. The list goes on and on."

"Many companies are spending valuable resources to integrate multiple data sources within the enterprise," said Lee Abramson, vice president, Alliances and Services Marketing for Hyperion. "We are pleased Information Builders is helping to provide fast, direct access to the critical information in Hyperion Essbase, and other data sources, so companies understand and manage their business better."

The EDA adapter for Hyperion Essbase is available now.

About Information Builders

Information Builders is one of the world's largest independent software companies. Headquartered in New York, Information Builders helps companies and government organizations improve their mission-critical operations by transforming data into usable intelligence and delivering it over the Internet. Information Builders boasts more than 9,000 international customer sites, including 92 of the Fortune 100, among its current customers. The company employs 2,000 professionals worldwide and generated revenues exceeding $335 million in 1999. For more information, visit www.informationbuilders.com.

About Hyperion

Hyperion is a leader in business analysis software. Hyperion helps business leaders plan, manage and execute on strategies by analyzing information on e-business initiatives, supply chain execution, customers, operations and finance. The company's market-leading OLAP (online analytical processing) technology, packaged business analysis applications and tools are used by 6,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 60 of the Fortune 100 and more than 40 of the Financial Times European Top 100. In addition, 400 Hyperion alliance partners deliver technology, applications and services to increase the flexibility and choice for customers. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company has offices in 26 countries. More information is available at www.hyperion.com, info@hyperion.com, or 1-800-286-8000.

Contact Alicia Dollard, 212-593-6343, dollarda@ruderfinn.com of Ruder Finn Inc, for Information Builders.