AppSource announces support for Essbase 4.0; WIRED for OLAP plug-and-play with new release of Essbase.ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--AppSource Corp. announced that its WIRED for OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. software now includes full plug-and-play support for the newly released version released version - release 4.0 of Arbor arbor Garden shelter providing privacy and partial protection from the weather, most commonly a lightweight, latticed framework (trellis) of wood or metal with interlaced branches of vines or climbing shrubs trained over it. Software's Essbase(r) OLAP Analysis Server. WIRED for OLAP(tm) is a powerful, easy and intuitive Business Intelligence front-end solution used by managers and executives in Fortune 2,000 companies to gain the insights into business information needed for a decisive competitive advantage. Applications for the software include analysis of key performance indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non-financial metrics used to quantify objectives to reflect strategic performance of an organization. KPIs are used in Business Intelligence to assess the present state of the business and to prescribe a course of action. , sales, products, markets and financials. A winning combination The best-of-breed combination of WIRED for OLAP on the desktop and Essbase on the server enables users to work faster, smarter, make better decisions, and achieve better results. "Essbase's OLAP server capabilities are key to enabling WIRED for OLAP's powerful front-end," said Adrian Marshall, AppSource's Market Response Executive. "Essbase 4.0 makes it easy to cost-effectively create, deploy, and scale management-critical OLAP applications that were impossible to implement, even on mainframes, just a few years ago. Essbase 4.0 delivers the superior performance and speed-of-thought response times that power-users demand - regardless of query complexity, orientation, or database size." A metadata layer within WIRED for OLAP provides users with seamless drill-through from Essbase to relational databases relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. to access detailed information. Providing a smarter way for people to run their business Uniquely designed to fully exploit the power of Essbase on the desktop, WIRED for OLAP provides users with highly graphical desktop visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all , analysis, and reporting capabilities on top of any Essbase database. Using the built-in Corporate Reports feature, users can quickly review key performance indicators and launch into further analysis as needed as needed prn. See prn order. ; exploring their corporate data for maximum insight by pivoting pivoting said of the exercise demanded of a horse when testing a limb for weakness or lameness; the horse is forced to turn very tightly so that it actually pivots on the limb being examined. , traffic-lighting, sorting, ranking, filtering, adding, calculations, slicing, dicing, and switching between analysis displays - including 14 OLAP-aware chart formats. Users can easily save, retrieve, share and organize analyses with the View Manager, or turn them into presentations using the Slideshow. The patented Cube Navigator provides an intuitive and visual way to define powerful ad-hoc queries by dragging-and-dropping business dimensions onto graphical templates. Customer and Industry Acclaim Arbor's leadership position in the OLAP database marketplace is evidenced by a Fortune 1,000 install base of over 500 companies. And, although only recently announced, WIRED for OLAP has already won widespread industry and customer acclaim; "It delivers the power and flexibility we need; the interface and usability features are definitely well ahead of the rest of the market, and it's a true enterprise Business Intelligence system that's able to deliver benefits to both executives and analysts," said Darin Stoddard, IS Manager at Flow International Corp. Doug Mack, of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , added that "it gives our customers exactly what they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. - the desktop power to unleash their data." And, Kirk Cruickshank, VP of Marketing at Arbor Software See Hyperion. commented that "WIRED for OLAP really leverages the power of Essbase." Pricing and Availability WIRED for OLAP is priced per user, at $595, or per concurrent Essbase port at $1,795. Version 1.2, with plug-and-play support for Essbase 4.0, is available now. AppSource Corp: Unleashing the power of OLAP on the desktop AppSource Corp. is focused on providing advanced application products and componentware in the high growth Business Intelligence / OLAP market, driven by the needs of Fortune 2,000 corporations to gain simplified, value-added access and analysis of business information. AppSource is differentiated by its leveraging of OLAP capabilities on the desktop to support true multidimensional mul·ti·di·men·sion·al adj. Of, relating to, or having several dimensions. mul  ti·di·men business analysis, its use of mainstream technologies to deliver high customer-value and future-proofing, and the best-of-breed feature / function in its products. AppSource is partnered with Arbor Software Corp., Borland International, IBM, ShowCase Corp., and a number of consulting organizations. Founded in 1995 by an experienced team of Executive Information and Decision Support specialists, AppSource Corp. is headquartered in Orlando. CONTACT: AppSource Corp., Orlando Adrian Marshall, 407/888-8050 |
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