Hyperion Global Partners Support Introduction of Hyperion System 9

Hyperion (Nasdaq:HYSL), the global leader in Business PerformanceManagement (BPM) software, today announced that it has received strongsupport from its global partners for Hyperion System 9, the mostcomprehensive performance management solution ever, and the first tointegrate financial management applications with a businessintelligence platform into a modular system that will adapt to anybusiness need.

Featuring Hyperion System 9 Workspace, the first personalizedworkspace for Business Performance Management, the integrated solutiontransforms and simplifies the way users interact with BI andperformance management software, breaking down the barrier betweenbusiness and IT.

Hyperion System 9 leverages the unique technology in itsFoundation Services layer to integrate BI technologies and financialmanagement applications into a single cohesive system. For the firsttime, formerly disparate activities -- including management andproduction reporting, advanced analytics, financial reporting andconsolidation, enterprise planning, scorecarding and strategicmodeling -- are all accessible through the unified Workspace. WithHyperion System 9, users can address all of their performancemanagement and query and reporting needs within a single thin clientenvironment that is personalized and optimized for their unique needs.

"Hyperion's partners applaud the introduction of Hyperion System9," said Mercedes Ellison, vice president of global partner sales atHyperion. "They recognize the customer need for a unified system thatintegrates BI technologies and financial applications and helpsbusinesses improve productivity, lower costs and reduce overallbusiness risk. Our distinguished global partner community is excitedabout teaming with us to deliver Hyperion System 9 to the market."

Hyperion Global Partner Support for Hyperion System 9

Answerthink

"With Hyperion System 9, Hyperion combines previously disparatefunctionality into linked modules, reducing both technology complexityand total cost of ownership. These goals are critical, because TheHackett Group's research clearly shows that by reducing IT complexityand the number of overall finance applications, companies can cuttheir finance costs by up to 23 percent," said Leah Wheelan, managingdirector of Answerthink Inc.'s Hyperion practice.

Business & Decision

"Clients today are focused on improving performance and managingoperational risk," said Patrick Bensabat, chief executive officer ofBusiness & Decision Group. "With Hyperion System 9 they will gainbetter visibility into financial and operational metrics, and be ableto conduct planning, forecasting and reporting with confidence."

CIS

"Hyperion System 9 will enable our clients to improve the qualityof their decision making and their ability to meet corporate goals andobjectives," said Christopher May, director general, Consultores deIntegracion de Sistemas, Mexico. "It will be a cornerstone in ourgrowth strategy for the business intelligence and Business PerformanceManagement markets in Latin America."

HP

"HP is pleased to support Hyperion System 9," said Chris Buss,director of business intelligence, HP. "The combination of HP'smultiprocessing hardware platforms with Hyperion's integrated BIplatform and financial management solution will help enable companiesto make better and faster decisions based on a single, reliable sourceof information spanning the enterprise. The result is increasedagility for our customers."

Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation

"The combination of the highly scalable Teradata warehouse withHyperion System 9 provides an integrated enterprise solution that willhelp organizations make critical decisions through a comprehensive,single view of business performance," said John Dinning, vicepresident Solutions Marketing and Alliances, Teradata. "Together wedeliver unparalleled visibility, reduce business risk and facilitateimproved decision making across the enterprise."

Unisys

"Hyperion System 9 provides the opportunity for corporations tosimplify systems management for greater operational efficiencies, aconcept that Unisys wholeheartedly supports," said Mike Thomas, VP ofGlobal Solutions Partners at Unisys. "We look forward to offeringHyperion System 9 on the Unisys ES7000 platform to provide our BIcustomers with an enterprise-wide, highly scalable solution thatprotects existing infrastructure investments with the potential tolower total cost of ownership."

WHITTMANHART

"As Hyperion's Top Americas System Integration Partner for 2005,WHITTMANHART views the introduction of Hyperion System 9 with itsenterprise analytics module as raising the bar on analytic performancewhile at the same time further extending the scalability of Hyperion'sBusiness Performance Management offering to address highlydimensionalized solutions that are as rich in content as they are indetail," said Bob Bernard, chairman and CEO of WHITTMANHART.

Please visit our partner showcase athttp://www.hyperion.com/partners/partner_perspective to viewadditional partners supporting the introduction of Hyperion System 9.

Availability

Hyperion System 9 with BI+ began shipping on September 28, 2005,and is currently available.

Hyperion

Hyperion Solutions Corporation is the global leader in BusinessPerformance Management software. More than 10,000 customers rely onHyperion software to provide visibility into how their businesses areperforming and to help them plan and model to improve thatperformance. Using Hyperion software, customers collect data, organizeand analyze it, then communicate it across the enterprise. Hyperionoffers the industry's only Business Performance Management solutionthat integrates financial management applications with a businessintelligence 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 morethan 600 partners provides the company's innovative and specializedsolutions and services. Hyperion generated revenues of USD 703 millionfor the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2005 and is traded under theNasdaq symbol HYSL. For more information, please visitwww.hyperion.com.

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