Arbor Software Announces Partnership With Sybase Through Warehouse Works Alliance Program; Essbase OLAP Server Complements Sybase Data Warehouse.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1995--Arbor Software Corporation, the fastest growing provider of multidimensional database See OLAP. software, and Sybase Inc. (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 :SYBS), the Enterprise Client/Server Company, today announced a partnership to provide an integrated solution for corporate data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse strategies. The partnership will provide customers with the combined benefits of Sybase as a data warehouse and Arbor's Essbase as an analytical 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. for planning and analysis applications. Under the new partnership, Arbor will certify its Essbase multidimensional database server with Sybase's Enterprise CONNECT Gateway family of products, giving joint customers the ability to load and analyze data from all Sybase supported data sources. Customers can currently use Arbor's SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. Drill-Through product, which provides users with a direct link between summarized analytical data held in Essbase and rapid access to detailed data stored in SYBASE SQL Server Sybase SQL Server - Adaptive Server Enterprise by automatically generating live SQL queries from Essbase to SYBASE. This technology effort builds upon recent interoperability efforts between Essbase and other Sybase products. Braun technology recently announced the availability of a PowerBuilder class library for Arbor's Essbase, which allows users to develop highly customized planning and analysis applications. Arbor has joined the SYBASE Warehouse Works Alliance program for independent software vendors committed to providing best in class products for data warehousing solutions. "The integration of best in class technologies to solve business problems is a core component of Arbor's strategy," said Kirk Cruikshank, vice president of marketing for Arbor Software See Hyperion. . "SYBASE's Warehouse Works Initiative is an open approach to data warehousing." "We view Arbor's participation in Warehouse Works as affirmation of Sybase's best in class partnership strategy. By integrating Essbase for planning and analysis applications, Sybase has opened the data warehouse to the full-range of enterprise scale decision support applications," said Mike Forster, president of Sybase's InformationCONNECT Division. Data Warehousing and Multidimensional Databases A data warehouse stores corporate business data in an integrated relational database 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. that provides a historical perspective of information for decision support applications. A multidimensional database server acts as an analytical data mart for the data warehouse, taking subsets of warehouse data and temporarily staging it to support applications like forecasting, financial reporting, product profitability, margin analysis or budgeting. Essbase enables business analysts and managers to combine historical warehouse data with spreadsheet-based business projections for a complete analytical picture of the business. About Essbase Essbase is used for planning and analysis applications which require a defined analytical structure, consolidated actual, projected and derived data, multi-user, read/write data access and consistently fast response time regardless of database size. Essbase operates effectively within a data warehousing strategy or as a standalone, departmental solution. Essbase operates on servers running Windows NT, OS/2 and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). across all major networks connected to Windows, Macintosh and UNIX clients. Pricing starts at $43,250 for a five concurrent user license. In two surveys conducted by META Group's Application Development Strategies Service, Arbor's Essbase topped the list as the multidimensional database server most widely evaluated as part of a data warehousing strategy. The surveys queried MIS professionals attending the META Group/DCI Data Warehouse conferences in 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 and Orlando, Florida, held earlier this year. About Arbor Software Arbor Software Corporation develops and markets multidimensional database software for business planning, analysis and management reporting applications. Arbor's products are used by more than 500 corporations spanning a broad range of industries and business analysis applications, including Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Chemical Bank, Emery, Fidelity, 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). , Neutrogena, Pennzoil, PEPSICO, and Prudential. Arbor's products are sold direct, as well as through systems integrators and VARs worldwide. Arbor has alliances and partnerships with numerous companies, including Andyne, Cognos, Comshare, Hewlett-Packard, Hogan Systems, Informix, Microsoft, Trinzic and Walker Interactive Systems. Arbor offices are located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Sunnyvale, Washington D.C. and London. SYBASE Warehouse Works Program SYBASE Warehouse Works, introduced in November 1994, provides the industry's first complete solution for building client/server-based data warehousing applications. SYBASE Warehouse Works helps customers build data warehouse applications that make information readily available by assembling data systematically, transforming data to a consistent view for business usage, distributing data where needed, and above all, making data accessible to users at any level. The SYBASE Warehouse Works Alliance program is an extension of the SYBASE Open Solutions Program. About Sybase Inc. Sybase Inc. is a worldwide leader in client/server software. Sybase develops database, middleware and tools products for four major client/server market segments: new media, on-line transaction processing (database) On-Line Transaction Processing - (OLTP) The processing of transactions by computers in real time. , data warehousing and mass deployment. The company's mission is to provide its customers with an open, adaptable information systems architecture that enables rapid business change. Headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., Sybase is the sixth largest independent software company in the world. CONTACT: Arbor Software Marguerite Padovani, 408/541-4053 or Blanc & Otus Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Vallee Hubbard, 415/512-0500 |
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