Hyperion Announces Support for IBM Information Server

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hyperion (Nasdaq Global Select:HYSL), the global leader in Business Performance Management (BPM) software, today announced it will partner with IBM to support the new IBM Information Server through Hyperion System 9’s open data integration strategy. Hyperion and IBM will work together to extract and integrate information from multiple sources to support critical business performance management initiatives such as business intelligence, master data management, and risk and compliance.

“IBM Information Server provides customers ready access to consistent, complete and trustworthy information that Hyperion uses to enable a more complete understanding of the business.”

IBM Information Server helps organizations develop a unified view of their businesses by enabling them to understand existing data sources, integrate disparate data, and cleanse, correct, and standardize information. Hyperion System 9 leverages Information Server’s data integration capabilities to obtain the right data at the right time, providing users with deep insight into the enterprise, and enabling the setting of goals, monitoring of the business, and planning for future success.

As both a data provider and information consumer, Hyperion System 9 can leverage the full power of IBM’s Information Server via service-oriented architectures that support open standards. By doing so, the integrated solution supports end-to-end impact analysis between data flows to and from Hyperion System 9 applications with other sources and targets supported by IBM Information Server. The result is access to changes in underlying sources, targets and integration processes that can be quickly understood and accurately reflected in business applications.

“We’re pleased to support the new IBM Information Server through our open integration strategy,” said John Kopcke, CTO for Hyperion. “IBM Information Server helps customers understand, consolidate, and integrate data across Hyperion System 9 and other enterprise systems, driving enterprise-wide performance improvement.”

“By collaborating with Hyperion, we can help customers leverage their existing investments and unlock the value of their information,” said Pete Fiore, vice president, IBM Information Integration Solutions. “IBM Information Server provides customers ready access to consistent, complete and trustworthy information that Hyperion uses to enable a more complete understanding of the business.”

About Hyperion

Hyperion Solutions Corporation (Nasdaq Global Select:HYSL) is the global leader in Business Performance Management software. More than 12,000 customers in 90 countries rely on Hyperion both for insight into current business performance and to drive performance improvement. With Hyperion software, businesses collect, analyze and share data across the organization, linking strategies to plans and monitoring execution against goals. Hyperion integrates financial management applications with a business intelligence platform into a single management system for the global enterprise. For more information, visit www.hyperion.com.

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