Arbor Software Announces Integration with PeopleSoft 7; Metadata Integration Links Arbor Essbase OLAP Server With PeopleSoft Applications.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997--Arbor Software Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ARSW ARSW Annual Report of the Secretary of War ), a leading provider of enterprise 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. (on-line analytical processing (database) On-Line Analytical Processing - (OLAP) A category of database software which provides an interface such that users can transform or limit raw data according to user-defined or pre-defined functions, and quickly and interactively examine the results in various dimensions ) software for management reporting, analysis and planning applications, today announced integration with the next major release of PeopleSoft's enterprise application software, PeopleSoft 7. PeopleSoft announced separately today that PeopleSoft 7 will be available in September and will include metadata integration with Arbor Essbase OLAP Server. The integration between PeopleSoft 7 and Arbor Essbase enables PeopleSoft customers to ease and speed the deployment of robust, open and highly scalable enterprise OLAP applications. "PeopleSoft's new offering addresses the need among organizations to enhance their transaction processing systems with rich analytical capabilities," said Kirk Cruikshank, senior vice president of marketing at Arbor Software See Hyperion. . "The integration between Arbor Essbase and PeopleSoft 7 provides a comprehensive, best-of-breed enterprise OLAP platform." "By combining the powerful analytical capabilities of Arbor Essbase OLAP Server with the performance, flexibility and scalability of PeopleSoft 7, we can deliver integration between enterprise OLAP and transaction processing systems," said Stan Sweete, vice president of PeopleTools product strategy at PeopleSoft. "The integration between Arbor Essbase and PeopleSoft 7 allows mutual customers to augment their PeopleSoft applications with a strong analytical solution for a wide range of OLAP applications, including management reporting, forecasting, planning, product profitability and sales analysis." Integration between Arbor Essbase and PeopleSoft 7 will provide customers with a seamless, intuitive interface for performing multidimensional reporting and analysis of data in PeopleSoft's OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing (on-line transaction processing (database) On-Line Transaction Processing - (OLTP) The processing of transactions by computers in real time. ) systems. Customers can leverage the metadata of PeopleSoft applications, including trees, effective dating and security features, to deploy robust analytical applications with Arbor Essbase. Metadata stored in PeopleSoft's applications will be used to synchronize the contents of an Arbor Essbase data mart A subset of a data warehouse for a single department or function. A data mart may have tens of gigabytes of data rather than hundreds of gigabytes for the entire enterprise. See data warehouse. to reflect changing data structures. Arbor Essbase OLAP application data can be accessed and presented using spreadsheets, Web browsers, or more than 30 market-leading Essbase-Ready desktop tools. About Arbor Software Arbor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:ARSW) develops and markets enterprise OLAP software for management reporting, analysis and planning applications. Arbor's products are used by more than 1,100 corporations worldwide, spanning a broad range of industries and business applications including BankBoston, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , Pennzoil, PEPSICO, Prudential and Sears. Arbor's products are sold direct, as well as through system integrators and VARs worldwide, including Fujitsu, Lawson, 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) , Mitsubishi and PeopleSoft. Arbor's offices are located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Sunnyvale, Washington D.C., Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Munich, Paris and Sydney. More information on Arbor products and services can be found at http://www.arborsoft.com . About PeopleSoft PeopleSoft Inc. (NASDAQ:PSFT PSFT PeopleSoft (stock symbol) PSFT Progressive Saturation Fourier Transform PSFT Prosoft-Technology, Inc ) was established in 1987 to provide innovative software solutions that meet the changing business demands of enterprises worldwide. A client/server applications pioneer and market leader, PeopleSoft develops, markets, and supports a complete suite of enterprise solutions for finance, materials management, distribution, supply chain planning, manufacturing, and human resources. In addition, PeopleSoft provides industry-specific enterprise solutions to customers in select markets including communications, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, higher education, public sector, services, transportation, U.S. federal government, and utilities. With more than 1,600 customers around the world, the company has been recognized for both its award-winning customer service and its remarkable growth. PeopleSoft was listed by Fortune Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America in 1994, 1995, and again in 1996. PeopleSoft product and service information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.peoplesoft.com . -0- Note to Editors: Arbor and Essbase are registered trademarks of Arbor Software Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Arbor Software Corp., Sunnyvale Joanna McMillan, 408/541-4035 jmcmillan@arborsoft.com |
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