Hyperion and Microsoft have announced plans to integrate their business intelligence (BI) solutions to enable improved interoperability between the technologies.
Collaboration plans include four initiatives that integrate Microsoft SQL Server 2005 technologies with Hyperion`s business performance management solution, Hyperion System 9 BI+.
"Customers continue to press for increased interoperability between Microsoft and Hyperion solutions, stating it as a significant enabler with which to make the most of existing IT investments," says Robert Bernard, GM of the Global ISV Group at Microsoft. "Microsoft is committed to its expansive partner network and to continuing to form strong relationships with our global independent software vendors (ISVs) to benefit mutual customers."
The collaboration will ultimately enable broader deployment of complementary business intelligence solutions from Hyperion and Microsoft to customers that have adopted components of each.
Specifically, Hyperion customers will be able to use SQL Server Reporting Services to access Hyperion System 9 BI+ Essbase Analytics and to display Microsoft reports in the Hyperion System 9 Workspace environment. Microsoft customers will also be able to access SQL Server Analysis Services data using Hyperion System 9 BI+. Hyperion System 9 will leverage SQL Server Integration Services for data access.
"A strategic alliance between Hyperion and Microsoft exists to provide increased value to an extensive joint customer base," says Marc Scheepbouwer, MD of local Hyperion distributor Intellient. "Users benefit from this relationship as it enables them to combine reports and data from both Hyperion and Microsoft data sources into a unified organise-wide view that leverages their preferred delivery and analysis tools. We share with Microsoft a passion to provide customers with the easiest possible access to the information they need to do their jobs. By integrating our business performance management technology with Microsoft technology, we accelerate our ability to help customers achieve information democracy, a state in which actionable insight is in the hands of all."
Microsoft and Hyperion have committed to broadening the reach of business intelligence by providing an integrated user experience for accessing and working with business information so decision-makers at all levels in an organisation can make more-informed decisions and drive better performance.
The goal of this latest collaboration is to ensure business intelligence reaches every person in the business, adds value to every decision and helps organisations align people and initiatives to business strategy.
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Intellient provides business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) solutions to mid-sized and large organisations that require support for their management cycle. Intellient strives to provide solutions that improve organisational growth and profitability for their customers. This is achieved through Hyperion System 9, which includes: data analysis and integration services; querying and reporting, performance scorecarding, modelling, budgeting, planning, forecasting, financial consolidation and reporting. Hyperion software is used by more than 12 000 customers globally and by nearly 100 companies locally. As a member of the EOH Group of companies, Intellient distributes Hyperion solutions to the Southern African market. Visit www.intellient.co.za for further details.
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Hyperion Solutions Corporation is the global leader in business performance management software. More than 11 000 customers rely on Hyperion software to provide visibility into how their businesses are performing and to help them plan and model to improve that performance. Using Hyperion software, customers collect data, organize and analyse it, then communicate it across the enterprise. Hyperion offers the industry`s only business performance management solution that integrates financial management applications with a business intelligence platform into a single system.
Named one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For (2004), Hyperion serves global customers in 45 countries. A network of more than 600 partners provides the company`s innovative and specialized solutions and services. Hyperion generated revenues of $703 million for the fiscal year that ended 30 June 2005 and is traded under the Nasdaq symbol HYSL. For more information, please visit www.hyperion.com.
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