Arbor Software and Infospace Demonstrate WebCharts for Essbase; Java Application for Data Visualization and Analysis of Web-Enabled OLAP Data to be Demonstrated at Dimensions '96.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1996--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 client/server software for business planning, analysis and management reporting, and Infospace Inc., today will demonstrate a pre-release version of WebCharts for Essbase, a powerful Java extension to the Essbase Web Gateway allowing Arbor Software's customers to visually analyze their 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 ) data over the World Wide Web. WebCharts provides a highly scalable, thin-client solution for delivering interactive, browser-based charting capabilities to hundreds, even thousands of Essbase users. Ideal for Web-enabled OLAP applications such as budgeting, forecasting, sales and product profitability, WebCharts helps users easily identify, analyze and effectively communicate complex trends and patterns in their data. "Data visualization is critical to OLAP analysis, but over the Web, it can be daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin ," said Jim 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. "WebCharts bridges that gap, and Arbor is pleased that Infospace is integrating this powerful, browser-based charting and graphing capability with the Essbase Web Gateway." "WebCharts enables Essbase customers to instantly enhance their Web or intranet OLAP solution with multidimensional data visualization capabilities," said Stan Wang, president and CEO of Infospace. "Written in Java, WebCharts allows companies to complement any Web-enabled application with full-featured, business-quality graphics. Now, not only can users conduct real-time data analysis over the Web through the Essbase Web Gateway, but they can interact with, manipulate and even visually communicate their findings all without the need to install or maintain any software on the client." About WebCharts for Essbase WebCharts for Essbase is written in Java as a platform independent, thin-client module with a completely open application programming interface (API) to allow simple integration within any Web-based application. It is launched as an independent Java applet on the client browser from a central, multi-threaded Java server tightly integrated with the Essbase Web Gateway. With the click of a button, users can display the results of any Essbase query in a variety of chart formats including line, bar, stacked-bar, pie, area, contour and XY, as well as in pivoting multidimensional spreadsheets. The software's interactive, real-time capabilities enable users to slice and dice Refers to rearranging data so that it can be viewed from different perspectives. The term is typically used with OLAP databases that present information to the user in the form of multidimensional cubes similar to a 3D spreadsheet. See OLAP. , drill-down, resize, rotate, translate, sort and select data from any chart. To further aid in distribution, communication and collaboration, output can be saved in .GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. , HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. and VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) A 3D graphics language used on the Web. After downloading a VRML page, its contents can be viewed, rotated and manipulated. Simulated rooms can be "walked into." The VRML viewer is launched from within the Web browser. formats, or passed along as a definition. This enables users to send their work directly over the network and share it with other users, allowing recipients to view output and even continue the analysis in collaborative fashion. WebCharts for Essbase is developed, supported and delivered by InfoSpace. A live, on-line demonstration of WebCharts is available on the Internet at http://www.infospace-inc.com. About Essbase Web Gateway The Essbase Web Gateway provides scalable, high-speed, interactive, read and write access to the Essbase multidimensional database server over the World Wide Web. Essbase and the Essbase Web Gateway allow corporations to deliver Web-enabled OLAP applications directly from legacy and operational systems, or within an overall data warehousing architecture. A live, on-line demonstration of the Essbase Web Gateway is available on the Internet at http://webgate.arborsoft.com. The demonstration features sample ad-hoc analysis, management reporting, budgeting, and enterprise information system applications. About Essbase Essbase is a multidimensional database optimized for business planning, analysis and management reporting applications such as profitability analysis, budgeting, forecasting, planning, financial consolidations, sales analysis and 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. . Based upon a true, client/server architecture, Essbase supports multi-user read and write access, large-scale data capacity, robust analytical calculations, flexible data navigation and consistent, rapid response times. The Essbase server's open architecture supports direct data access using standard spreadsheets, leading third-party query, reporting and EIS tools and Web browsers. Essbase scales from a single-user version to an enterprise OLAP solution serving thousands of users with databases that are hundreds of gigabytes in size. Essbase enables corporations to deliver OLAP applications directly from operational systems, or as a data mart within an overall data warehousing architecture. About Infospace Infospace Inc. is the leading provider of Java-based software products offering complete solutions for database and data warehouse access, analysis and publishing over corporate intranets and the World Wide Web. Infospace holds strategic partnerships with leading IT companies, including Arbor, Sun, 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) , HP, Oracle, Informix and Netscape, to provide the most advanced solutions, tightly integrated with today's leading technologies. The company also provides consulting services specializing in web/database integration, data warehousing, and very large database (VLDB (Very Large DataBase) An extremely large database. What constitutes a VLDB is debatable, but databases of 100GB or more are generally considered the starting point. ) technologies. Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., Infospace is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . You can find Infospace on the Internet at http://www.infospace-inc.com. About Arbor Software Arbor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: ARSW) develops and markets client/server software for business planning, analysis and management reporting. Arbor's products are used by more than 800 corporations spanning a broad range of industries and business applications including BankBoston, 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). , Pennzoil, PEPSICO, Prudential and Sears. Arbor has over 100 application, services, tools and platform partners, including Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft See Microsoft and IBM. . Arbor's products are sold direct, as well as through system integrators and VARs worldwide. Arbors offices are located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sunnyvale, Washington D.C., Hamburg, London, Paris and Sydney. 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. -0- Note to Editors: Arbor and Essbase are registered trademarks of Arbor Software Corporation. Infospace, WebCharts, and WebSeQueL are all trademarks of Infospace Inc. of San Mateo, Calif. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. For Arbor Software product information, please call 800/858-1666 or send e-mail to info@arborsoft.com CONTACT: Arbor Software Joanna McMillan, 408/541-4035 jmcmillan@arborsoft.com or Infospace Inc. Will Eagle, 415/655-3712 weagle@infospace-inc.com |
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