Arbor Software and Sun Microsystems Demonstrate the Essbase Web Gateway Running on Sun Ultra Server at Dimensions '96; Essbase Web Gateway Support for Solaris and UltraSparc Dramatically Increases Scalability and Performance of Web-Enabled OLAP Applications.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, today announced that it will support the Essbase Web Gateway for Sun Microsystems' Ultra Enterprise Server Product Line. The Essbase Web Gateway enables scalable, high-speed, interactive, read and write access to the Essbase 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 ) server over the World Wide Web, and is the first and only product available that delivers comprehensive OLAP functionality using standard Web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
Sun Microsystems and Arbor Software will demonstrate Web-enabled OLAP applications running on a Sun Ultra Server at Arbor's international users conference, Dimensions `96, in Santa Clara, Calif. The demonstrations feature Essbase 4.0.2, Arbor's leading multidimensional database server, Netscape Enterprise Server A Web server from Netscape that runs under NT, Solaris and HP-UX. It supports JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology, Java servlets and Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS). It was superseded by iPlanet Web Server and renamed again in 2002 as Sun ONE Web Server. , and a pre-release version of Essbase Web Gateway running on a Sun Ultra 1 Server with the Solaris 2.5 operating system. The Essbase Web Gateway is used to develop and to deploy intranet and Internet based Web-enabled OLAP applications such as ad-hoc analysis, management reporting, enterprise information systems, budgeting, and sales forecasting. The Essbase Web Gateway allows corporations to deliver OLAP applications directly from operational systems, or within an overall data warehousing architecture. Standard Web browsers, such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. can be used to access OLAP applications developed using the Essbase Web Gateway. "Major corporations are using the Essbase Web Gateway today to develop management-critical business planning and analysis applications," 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. "Sun's Ultra Server coupled with Essbase and the Essbase Web Gateway provide a very high performance, scalable platform for delivering Web-enabled OLAP applications to hundreds or thousands of users over corporate intranets or the Internet." "The Essbase Web Gateway is an exciting product that exemplifies Sun's vision of network-centric computing," said Doug Kaewert, director of market development, Sun Microsystems Computer Company. "Sun's Ultra Enterprise servers provide unsurpassed performance, scalability, and reliability for deploying Web-enabled OLAP applications developed with Essbase and the Essbase Web Gateway. In addition, Sun is using Essbase and the Essbase Web Gateway on Ultrasparc to deliver information throughout our organization." Availability The Essbase Web Gateway will support the Sun Solaris Operating System Versions 2.4 and 2.5 running on Sparc and UltraSparc-based servers. The Essbase Web Gateway is priced at $10,000 per Essbase server. A live on-line demonstration of the Essbase Web Gateway is available on the World Wide Web at http://webgate.arborsoft.com. The demonstration allows users to interact with the only Web-enabled OLAP product that delivers all essential OLAP features including drill down/up/across, pivot, and 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. and provides robust multi-user update capabilities. The demonstration site features live, Web-enabled OLAP applications including an Enterprise Information System, management reporting, ad-hoc OLAP analysis and a budgeting application with JavaScript-based data validation. 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. 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 Sun Microsystems With annual revenues exceeding $7 billion, Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides products and services that enable customers to build and maintain open network computing See ONC. Open Network Computing - (ONC) Sun's network protocols. environments. Widely recognized as a proponent of open standards, the company is involved in the design, manufacture and sale of products, technologies and services for commercial and technical computing. Sun's SPARC workstations, multiprocessing servers, SPARC microprocessors, Solaris operating software and ISO-certified service organization each rank No. 1 in the UNIX industry. Java, Sun platform independent programming language, provides a comprehensive solution to the challenge of programming for complex networks, including the Internet. Sun Microsystems was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. 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. 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., 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. Any other product or company names may be trademarks or registered 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 |
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