HYPERION and DATA WAREHOUSING EXPERT BILL INMON REVEAL BEST PRACTICES INSIGHTS for NEXT�GENERATION IMPLEMENTATIONS Submitted By: Pleon Thursday, 2 September 1999

HYPERION AND DATA WAREHOUSING EXPERT BILL INMON REVEAL BEST PRACTICES INSIGHTS FOR NEXTGENERATION IMPLEMENTATIONS Submitted by: Pleon Thursday, 2 September 1999

Hundreds of Webcast participants learn critical success factors for unlocking ERP data and building best-of-breed data warehouses Addressing the growing demand among corporations to integrate data warehouse and ERP (enterprise resource planning) data, hundreds of information technology professionals joined Hyperion today for an interactive Webcast outlining best practices for the next generation of data warehousing implementations. Participants learned valuable insights into how their organisations can drive competitive advantage by unlocking and analysing critical data stored in ERP systems, such as SAP R/3. Hosted by author and consultant Bill Inmon, recognised "father of the data warehouse," and Tobin Gilman, director of product marketing for Hyperion, today's seminar drew data warehousing implementers, users and consultants across industry sectors such as aerospace, banking, consumer packaged goods, education, energy, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications and transportation. The event is part of a series of interactive Webcasts sponsored by Hyperion on key trends in data warehousing, OLAP (online analytical processing) and packaged analytic applications. Based on years of expertise in data warehouse design, Bill Inmon provided an overview of data warehouse and ERP systems, describing how they fit into today's corporate information factory and the challenges associated with integration, including: · Understanding how ERP systems store data and how to "tap" this source of valuable corporate information; · Common integration pitfalls to avoid; · Advantages of building a best-of-breed solution

Page 1 "Customers are extending their ERP implementations by using data warehousing architectures as the infrastructure for analytic applications that provide the analysis and insights required to optimise business performance," said Tobin Gilman, director of product marketing for Hyperion. "Increasingly, organisations are looking for best-of-breed data warehousing solutions that run on any standard platform or database, utilise any leading query tool, and leverage data from a variety of internal and external sources. Through our series of Webcasts, Hyperion is facilitating knowledge transfer with domain experts such as Bill Inmon to underscore the importance of an open, integrated data warehousing approach that enables companies to fully exploit all of their corporate information assets and leverage best-in-class analytic tools and applications." More information on today's Webcast on best practices in data warehousing is available at http://www.hyperion.com/events.cfm. Increasing the Value of Data Warehouses with Hyperion Products Hyperion's products allow organisations to extend their data warehouses with high-value analytic applications such as performance reporting, sales forecasting, product and customer profitability, sales analysis, marketing analysis, what-if analysis, and manufacturing mix analysis. Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server is the market leading open, cross-platform enterprise OLAP server. Hyperion Integration Server seamlessly integrates relational data and metadata with Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server to minimise the time and expense to create, deploy and manage analytic applications that are integrated with data warehouses. More than 50 best-in-class client/server and Web-enabled tools from Hyperion and Hyperion Essbase-Ready partners deliver critical information throughout the entire organisation, enabling all employees to make better, faster, more informed decisions that drive business performance. About Bill Inmon Bill Inmon is universally recognised as the "father of the data warehouse." He has over 26 years of database technology

Page 2 management experience and data warehouse design expertise, and has published 36 books and more than 350 articles in major computer journals. Inmon is known globally for his seminars on developing data warehouses and has been a keynote speaker for every major computing association. He has consulted with a large number of Fortune 1000 clients, offering data warehouse design and database management services. Before founding Pine Cone Systems (http://www.pine_cone.com) in 1995 - where he is responsible for the high-level design of Pine Cone products, as well as for the architecture of planned and future products - Inmon was a co-founder of Prism Solutions, Inc. He also worked for American Management Systems, Inc. and Coopers & Lybrand. About Hyperion The worldwide analytic application software leader, Hyperion Solutions Corporation (Nasdaq:HYSL) gives today's knowledge workers the "freedom to succeed" with software, services and partner offerings that help them understand and optimise their businesses. More than 6,000 organisations worldwide use Hyperion's analytic application software products, which include market-leading packaged analytic applications, and OLAP server technology and tools. Hyperion's customers include more than 60 of the Fortune 100 and more than 40 of the Financial Times European Top 100 companies. In addition, more than 300 leading data warehousing, OLAP tools, services, ERP, packaged application, and platform alliance partners extend the value of Hyperion's products and services to deliver maximum flexibility and choice to customers. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company has offices in 26 countries. Information on Hyperion's products and services is available at http://www.hyperion.com, [email protected], or 1-800-286-8000. Hyperion and Essbase are registered trademarks and Hyperion Essbase is a trademark of Hyperion Solutions Corporation. All other trademarks and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. For further information please contact:

Page 3 Tony Speakman Hyperion Tel: (0181) 995 3631 E-mail:[email protected]

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