Business Objects Announces Native Access to Latest Versions of Leading OLAP Servers.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 1998-- Leading Integrated Query, Reporting, and Analysis Tool Enables Ad Hoc Query A non-standard inquiry. An ad hoc query is created to obtain information as the need arises. Contrast with a query that is predefined and routinely performed. See query and ad hoc. and Analysis of Data Stored in Arbor/Hyperion, 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) DB2, Informix, and Oracle OLAP Oracle OLAP implements On-line Analytical Processing (OLAP) within an Oracle database environment. Oracle Corporation markets Oracle OLAP as an extra-cost option to supplement the "Enterprise Edition" of its database. Servers Business Objects (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 :BOBJY), the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools, today announced integration with the latest releases of Arbor/Hyperion, IBM, Informix, and Oracle multidimensional database servers. By offering native integration with Arbor Essbase 5.0, IBM DB2 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. Server 1.0, Informix MetaCube 4.0, and Oracle Express Server An Oracle database that provides multidimensional views of data. It is Oracle's OLAP product offering, which allows views to be created ahead of time (MOLAP) or directly from relational databases (ROLAP). Oracle Express also lets users gain access to their data from an Excel spreadsheet. See OLAP. 6.1 on Solaris and NT, Business Objects provides customers with an advanced tool for integrated query, reporting, and analysis of all their corporate data, including that stored in all leading 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. (OLAP) servers. "Our goal is to provide any user in the organization access to any data located anywhere in the organization at any time," said Dave Kellogg, vice president of corporate marketing at Business Objects. "With the integration between BusinessObjects and current versions of all leading OLAP servers, our joint customers can quickly access valuable corporate data, whether it is stored in relational or multidimensional data stores or personal files, combine it with other data sources, and then analyze it to make informed business decisions." Integration with these OLAP server databases provides users with the following benefits: Integration of Multiple Data Sources Within One Report BusinessObjects users can analyze data from multidimensional databases and other sources, including data warehouses, relational or multidimensional data marts, and packaged applications, all within a single report. Regardless of data sources being used, BusinessObjects users have access to the product's complete range of business intelligence functionality. Powerful Enterprise Reporting Business Objects gives customers the ability to automatically share, schedule, and distribute reports using multidimensional data and other data on an enterprise-wide basis. Using a three-tier architecture where report processing is offloaded to a dedicated server, Business Objects can provide customers with automatic report execution timed at regular intervals or based on predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: business rules. Publish and Distribute Reports Via the Web BusinessObjects will give customers the ability to publish via the web reports based on data from these multidimensional servers and other sources, offering on-report navigation to customers via their web browsers. For web-based environments where companies need to provide their users with more robust OLAP functionality, companies can distribute these reports via the web using WebIntelligence, the company's thin-client tool for enterprise query, reporting, and OLAP. Availability Integration with Arbor Essbase 5.0, IBM DB2 OLAP Server 1.0, Informix MetaCube 4.0, and Oracle Express 6.1 on Solaris and NT are now available. The next major release of BusinessObjects, scheduled to enter beta development later this quarter, will provide customers with access to data within Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 7.0 OLAP Services, code named Plato. About Business Objects Business Objects is the world's leading provider of integrated enterprise decision support tools. Business Objects products provide non-technical business users with access to information stored in data warehouses, data marts, and packaged business applications. Business Objects provides a complete suite of decision support tools including query, reporting, online analytical processing, data mining, and DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S administration for both client/server and internet environments. Business Objects has sold more than 870,000 licenses to over 6,700 organizations in more than 60 countries worldwide. Business Objects may be reached by phone at 408/953-6000 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.businessobjects.com. The Company's stock is publicly traded under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors BOBJY. Note to Editors: BusinessObjects and WebIntelligence are trademarks of Business Objects SA. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. A full-text copy of this announcement may be obtained by calling the Company's fax retrieval line at 800/414-2114 and selecting option "two." The announcement may also be downloaded from the web; access "http://www.businesswire.com/cnn" and search on "Business Objects." Business Objects product inquiries should contact 800/527-0580. CONTACT: Business Objects Danielle Dawson, 408/953-6108 ddawson@businessobjects.com |
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