Arbor Software and IBM announce alliance; Essbase integrates into IBM's Information Warehouse Solution.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 1995--Arbor Software, the fastest growing provider of multidimensional database See OLAP. software, today announced a cooperative effort with 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) to integrate Arbor's Essbase multidimensional database server into IBM's Information Warehouse Solution. "The integration of Essbase into IBM's Information Warehouse Solution extends IBM's position as the leader in enterprise solutions and provides our joint customers with a robust planning and analysis tool integrated in a data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse environment," said James Dorrian, president 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. . "Together we will provide business professionals with real-time access to aggregated or detailed transaction-level data to enhance their decision making process." "This announcement is key to our strategy in offering tightly integrated data warehousing solutions to customers," said Tim Negris, vice president of marketing, IBM Software Solutions Division. "IBM's and Arbor Software's integration effort demonstrates both companies' commitment to provide leadership in open systems." "As a joint customer using IBM and Arbor products, we see value in an integrated data warehousing strategy," said Bob Schenck, manager of sales and business analysis at Wendy's International Wendy's International, Inc. NYSE: WEN is the parent company of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers. It also owns 70 percent of Cafe Express and 25 percent (fully diluted) of Pasta Pomodoro. The Tim Hortons chain was spun off by Wendy's into a separate company in September 2006. . "Wendy's is currently using Essbase for sales analysis and this relationship will strengthen Wendy's efforts to access data stored in DATABASE 2 (DB2)(1) for advanced multidimensional analysis with Essbase using Lotus 1-2-3(2) spreadsheet clients. This collaborative effort also supports Wendy's strategy to implement an Essbase-based product mix analysis application." Phyllis Bradley, manager of market research and analysis for Wendy's stated, "I can view my data at summary or detail levels with the press of a button, which allows me to analyze sales trends at the national, regional, market, or individual store level with incredible ease." Today, both companies are announcing the initial results of their collaborative efforts: -- Arbor's Essbase server (running on OS/2(1)), using IBM's DRDA (Distributed Relational Database Architecture) An IBM architecture for distributing data across multiple heterogeneous platforms. It also serves as a protocol for access to these databases from IBM and non-IBM platforms. DRDA uses LU 6.2 as its transport protocol. (1) gateways, can extract data from all the DB2 family of database management systems, which are available on multiple IBM and non-IBM servers, from large mainframes to small workstations. Arbor Software will also support access to the DB2 family of products from Essbase servers running on IBM's AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (1), Windows NT(1) and HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. (2). -- End users of IBM's Lotus 1-2-3 can share and access the data stored on an Essbase server as well as "drill-through" to details residing in any of the DB2 family of products. -- The reach of Essbase to non-IBM relational databases as well as non-relational data is now augmented by DataJoiner(1), transparently extending interoperability options for Essbase access to a multitude of data sources. -- Detailed transaction data can be pre-aggregated (prior to being loaded in the Essbase server) via IBM's Visual Warehouse(1), which provides many of the functional components required to define and create a data warehouse integrated into a single product package, enabling easy and fast building of an Essbase data mart. -- Business metadata representing an Essbase database is now visible to business end-users via IBM's DataGuide(1), an information catalog for end users. The metadata integration is achieved using the open interfaces of IBM's Information Warehouses Architecture. Users can also register within DataGuide specific objects that use Essbase data (such as spreadsheets, reports, etc.) and launch these objects from DataGuide. "Making different technologies from multiple vendors work together in an integrated manner is one of the most difficult aspects of building data warehouses," said Richard Finkelstein of Performance Computing, a database consulting firm based in Chicago. "IBM, together with Arbor, provide a powerful integrated data warehouse/online analytical processing (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. ) solution." About Arbor Software Arbor Software Corp. 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 applications including: 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: Advanced Visual Systems (AVS (Audio Video Coding Standard) A video compression technique developed by Chinese companies and supported by the Chinese government. Expected to provide better compression than MPEG-2, AVS was created to avoid paying royalties to the MPEG licensors, which are outside ) Inc., Andyne, Applix, Cognos, Comshare, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Platinum Technology and numerous other applications and tools vendors worldwide. Arbor's offices are located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, 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. and London. More information on Arbor products and services can be found on Arbor's World Wide Web (WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. ) site at http://www.arborsoft.com. About IBM Software Solutions IBM Software Solutions provides data management, application development, and workgroup solutions for mission-critical applications on PCs, workstations, servers, LANs and host systems. For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com. The fastest, easiest way to get information about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com. -0- (1). Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. (2). Indicates trademark or registered trademark of their respective holder. CONTACT: Arbor Software Marguerite Padovani, 408/541-4053 Internet: mpadovani@arborsoft.com |
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