Comshare Pledges Support for New Standard XML for Analysis; The New XML for Analysis Standard Offers Customers an Enhanced Open Framework for Delivering MPC Solutions.Business Editors ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 Comshare, Incorporated (Nasdaq:CSRE CSRE Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity CSRE Closed System Respirator Evaluator ) announced today that it will support XML for Analysis XML for Analysis (abbreviated as XMLA) is the industry standard for data access in analytical systems, such as OLAP and Data Mining. XMLA is based on other industry standards such as XML, SOAP and HTTP. , the new standard for using XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. (eXtensible Mark-up Language) with multidimensional data sources. The XML for Analysis Specification is currently a joint Hyperion Solutions Hyperion Solutions Corporation is a business performance management software company, located in Santa Clara, California, USA. Many of its products are targeted at the Business Intelligence and Business performance management market. (Nasdaq:HYSL) and Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) initiative, which was announced by these companies this morning. The standard is the first open language solution designed to address the unique challenges of Web-based analytical data access and manipulation in the .NET environment. Comshare(R) is the leader in web-based solutions for management planning and control (MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. ), which integrates planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation, reporting and analysis. XML for Analysis has gained immediate support from business intelligence and corporate performance management software companies, including Comshare. "Open standards, such as XML for Analysis, among competitors benefit everyone, especially customers," said Dave King, Comshare senior vice president of product development and chief technology officer. "Comshare's use of standard database technology including 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. 2000 Analysis Services and Hyperion Essbase coupled with the new XML for Analysis standard offers our customers an enhanced open framework for delivering management planning and control solutions." "Comshare has been involved in reviewing the XML for Analysis Specification, and the company's support for the specification, like that from other vendors, is an important part to ensuring its long-term success," said, John Eng, lead product manager SQL Server, Microsoft Corporation. "Comshare's support of XML for Analysis will serve its customers well and the customers of Microsoft and Hyperion business intelligence solutions." XML for Analysis is an open-standards based Application Programming Interface (API) that id designed specifically for standardizing the data access interaction between a client application and an analytical data provider working over the Web. XML for Analysis is based on the open industry standards of XML and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol (protocol) Simple Object Access Protocol - (SOAP) A minimal set of conventions for invoking code using XML over HTTP. DevelopMentor, Microsoft Corporation, and UserLand Software submitted SOAP to the IETF as an internal draft in December 1999. Latest version: SOAP 1. ). The standard will be maintained on an interim basis by an XML for Analysis council, which is comprised of representatives from Hyperion, Microsoft, other 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. vendors that support the specification, and front-end software vendors, including Comshare. The first meeting of the council will be summer 2001. When the council deems the specification has matured sufficiently, it will be released to a standards body for maintenance. About Comshare Comshare, Incorporated is the leader of corporate performance management software applications for management planning and control (MPC), which fully integrates planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation, management reporting and analysis. Comshare's MPC applications deliver business-critical information over the Web that can be used to make sound planning and management decisions. In business for 35 years, Comshare is one of the top independent software companies, with customers around the world, many of which are Fortune 500 and Financial Times Top 1000 companies. Comshare is a Microsoft Data Warehousing Alliance Platinum Partner and a Hyperion Alliance Partner. For more information on Comshare, call 1-800-922-7979, send e-mail to info@comshare.com or visit Comshare's Web site at www.comshare.com. Comshare(R) is a registered trademark of Comshare, Incorporated. Comshare MPC(TM) is a trademark of Comshare, Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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