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Arbor one of 100 most dynamic firms: Forbes

Johannesburg, 30 Mar 1998

Arbor Software has been deemed one of the "Top 100 Dynamic Companies" in Forbes ASAP, a supplement to Forbes magazine. The manufacturer of Arbor Essbase and Wired for OLAP, and the world leader in enterprise OLAP software for management reporting, analysis and planning applications, Arbor was awarded this accolade after more than 200 analysts, money managers and venture capitalists were asked to rate more than 900 companies. These companies spanned several categories, including software, peripherals, hardware, semiconductors, Internet services and content and telecommunications. The companies were evaluated based on six factors: responsiveness to change, market opportunity, marketing expertise, human capital, alliances and partnerships and prospects for growth. Mark Williams, MD of the IBD Group, South African distributor of Arbor products, says IBD and Arbor are honoured at the award. "It is gratifying that industry experts have bestowed this award on Arbor in recognition of the company`s vision, momentum and leadership in the enterprise OLAP software market," says Williams. Arbor has swept the boards with awards of late, taking such awards as: * Top Ranged OLAP Server in The OLAP Report. * 1998 Database Dozen "12 Companies on the Rise" - Database Programming & Design. * Top MDDB/OLAP server and top query tool in ComputerWire`s Data Warehouse Tools Bulletin. * ComputerWorld top 100 Emerging Companies. * Software Magazine 500. * Business Week 100 Hot Growth Companies. * 100 Fastest Growing Public Companies - Business Journal of San Jose/Silicon valley. * Most Important OLAP Server - Software Productivity Group. * Finalist 1997 Best Practices in Data Warehousing Award - The Data Warehousing Institute. * Byte Magazine - Byte Best award. * "Recommended" rating over Oracle Express from National Software Testing Labs.

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