Cognos to support Oracle's new Express OLAP open API; Extends PowerPlay's position as leading OLAP client software.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 1995--Cognos (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 :COGNF;TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :CSN CSN Crosby, Stills, and Nash (band) CSN Centrala studiestödsnämnden (Swedish: state education grant and loan program) CSN Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (French) ) today announced a partnership with Oracle to support the new Express 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. applications programming interface (API), which was unveiled at the International Oracle User's Week as part of the Oracle Warehouse Technology Initiative (WTI WTI West Texas Intermediate WTI Western Transportation Institute (Montana State University) WTI World Tribunal on Iraq WTI With The Idea (used in chess to point to the idea behind a specific move) ). Cognos will provide a link to Express software in future versions of PowerPlay, the company's $695 multidimensional analysis software. With the addition of the Express API, Cognos' PowerPlay increases its built-in support for the leading OLAP server packages, making it easier for companies to widely deploy information access and data analysis for corporate managers. PowerPlay's PC-based multidimensional 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 (OLAP) software for personal computers will integrate support for Oracle Corp.'s Express OLAP server software, extending PowerPlay's position as the leading client-side software package for OLAP and data warehousing applications. "As Oracle clearly recognized with its acquisition of the Express technology earlier this year, OLAP and data warehousing are of major strategic importance to vendors and users alike," said Alan Rottenberg, senior vice president for Cognos Business Intelligence products. "By supporting all of the major OLAP and data warehousing server systems such as Oracle, Cognos plays an increasingly central role at the desktop. In fact, with support for Arbor Software's Essbase already shipping, and with support for Pilot's Lightship lightship, moored vessel bearing lights and other signal devices to guide ships and warn of hazards to navigation. Lightships are generally stationed at points where a lighthouse cannot be erected; they are given distinctive features (e.g. on the way, PowerPlay is now the de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. universal OLAP client with the broadest range of server support in the industry." Many Fortune 1000 companies are turning to data warehousing and OLAP solutions to gain a competitive edge. Currently a $1.5 billion market, data warehousing activity is expected to grow to more than $6.9 billion by 1999, according to the Gartner Group. To let customers take advantage of this growing opportunity, the Oracle-Cognos partnership provides an open choice of database front and back ends. Combined with Express' open API, PowerPlay's PC-based multidimensional engine now lets users choose the optimum platform for multidimensional processing: the PC for fast, intuitive interaction with moderate amounts of data (with the option of disconnected, mobile OLAP usage), or the server for accessing and analyzing larger and more complex data sets. PowerPlay also directly and automatically creates local multidimensional extracts from other popular heterogeneous data sources through PowerPlay's Transformer program. Oracle Oracle Corp., a $3 billion company, is the world's largest supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest software company. The company offers its database, tools and applications products along with related consulting, education and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , in more than 90 countries around the world. For more information about Oracle, please call (415) 506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is http://www.oracle.com. Cognos Cognos is uniquely positioned to deliver business intelligence software to satisfy enterprise-wide data access and reporting needs. With over 100,000 seats in thousands of companies worldwide, PowerPlay and Impromptu consistently service the widest range of users across corporate, department, workgroup, personal, and mobile applications. The products support over 100 relational and OLAP data sources and are available in eight major languages. Cognos business intelligence products are available through the company's 45 offices and over 250 resellers worldwide. Cognos develops, markets and supports -- both directly and through resellers worldwide -- advanced client/server development and reporting tools on a wide range of open and proprietary platforms, including 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 Microsoft Windows desktop. Cognos is a publicly held company with dual headquarters in Ottawa, Canada and Burlington, Mass. Cognos' World Wide Web address is http://www.cognos.com. -0- COGNOS, IMPROMPTU and POWERPLAY are registered trademarks of Cognos Incorporated. Other products mentioned in this document are registered, trademarked or service marked by their respective companies. 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