Arbor Software Signs Worldwide Reseller Agreement with IBM.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1997--Arbor Software Corp. (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. (online analytical processing Online Analytical Processing, or OLAP (IPA: /ˈoʊlæp/), is an approach to quickly provide answers to analytical queries that are multidimensional in nature. ) software for management reporting, analysis and planning applications, announced today that 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) will resell Arbor Software's Arbor Essbase family of products. Under the agreement, IBM's software sales force will have the option of offering Arbor Essbase OLAP Server and Arbor Essbase Application Tools, including Arbor Essbase Web Gateway, to customers as one of IBM's business intelligence solutions offerings. "Our partnership with IBM expands the market for Arbor's products and OLAP applications, while improving our ability to serve the unique needs of the enterprise," said Jim Dorrian, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Arbor Software See Hyperion. . "OLAP technology is critical for our customers who need to address a range of analysis needs across the enterprise," said Janet Perna, general manager, data management, IBM Software Solutions. "With the Arbor Essbase family of products and the IBM DB2(a) OLAP server, we will be able to offer our customers additional options for meeting their application needs." This reseller agreement complements the technology and marketing partnership IBM and Arbor announced earlier this year. Under the agreement, IBM and Arbor are in the process of integrating the Arbor Essbase OLAP engine with IBM's DB2 database family. By selling Arbor Essbase and IBM DB2 OLAP server, IBM will give its customers the flexibility to store data in Arbor Essbase's specialized multidimensional data store or in a star schema in a relational database. Because both products leverage the rich analytical and calculation capabilities of the Arbor Essbase OLAP engine, customers will be able to choose either product based upon their specific application needs. Additionally, since both products share the Arbor Essbase API, customers will be able to choose from more than 30 Essbase-Ready tools and applications that are 100% compatible with both products. Under the reseller agreement, Arbor Software will provide service and educational support to customers who purchase Arbor Essbase OLAP Server or Arbor Essbase Application Tools through IBM. For more information on IBM's OLAP offering, call 800/IBM-CALL or visit IBM on the Web at http://www.software.ibm.com . About Arbor Essbase Arbor Essbase is an OLAP server optimized for management reporting, analysis, planning applications. Arbor Essbase enables corporations to deliver OLAP applications directly from operational systems, or within an enterprise data warehousing architecture. Typical Arbor Essbase applications include sales analysis, profitability analysis, EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. , financial consolidations, budgeting and forecasting. Arbor Essbase supports multiuser Two or more users. read and write access, large-scale data capacity, robust analytical calculations, flexible data navigation, consistent, rapid response times in network-centric environments. Arbor Essbase's open architecture supports direct data access using standard spreadsheets, leading third-party query, reporting and EIS tools, and Web browsers. Arbor Essbase scales from a single-user version to an enterprise OLAP solution enabling thousands of users to rapidly access and analyze hundreds of gigabytes of data. Arbor Essbase operates on Windows NT, OS/2, 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). and AS/400 servers across all major networks connected to Windows, Macintosh and UNIX clients. About Arbor Software Arbor Software Corp. (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, business applications and enterprise data warehousing architectures. Arbor's customers include 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). , PEPSICO, Prudential and Sears. Arbor's products are sold direct, as well as through system integrators and resellers worldwide, including Fujitsu, IBM, Lawson, Mitsubishi, PeopleSoft and Walker Interactive Systems. 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. Information on Arbor products and services can be found at http://www.arborsoft.com . Arbor can also be reached via e-mail at info@arborsoft.com or by calling 800/858-1666. -0- Note to Editors: Arbor and Essbase are registered trademarks and Essbase-Ready is a trademark of Arbor Software Corp. Note: (a) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. All other product and company names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Arbor Software, Sunnyvale Joanna McMillan, 408/541-4035 jmcmillan@arborsoft.com or JONA Jona, variant of Jonah. Group Jamie O'Donnell, 415/552-1515 jamie@jonagroup.com |
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