Hyperion Announces Advanced Analytics and Reporting on the 64-Bit Intel(R) Itanium(R) Architecture; Combination Delivers Unparalleled Scalability and Performance on HP Integrity Servers.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Hyperion (Nasdaq:HYSL), the global leader in Business Performance Management software, today announced that its Hyperion(R) Business Intelligence(R) Platform, specifically its advanced analytics and production reporting capabilities, is available on 64-bit Intel Itanium 2-based HP Integrity server platforms running HP-UX 11i and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating environments. Intel's Itanium 2 architecture delivers four billion times the addressable capacity of 32-bit processing, which translates into unmatched scalability and performance, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and a secure investment as scalability requirements increase over time.

"Business Intelligence applications, which are memory intensive and engineered to take advantage of 64-bit CPUs, should significantly benefit from enhanced performance available for 64-bit Itanium and its improved memory addressability," said Bill Hostmann, vice president for Gartner.

The processing muscle enabled by 64-bit Itanium within HP Integrity servers means even more users can handle increasingly large data volumes and create even more complex and numerous analytical applications -- going deeper into data and across the enterprise with no compromise to performance or end-user functionality. The availability of Hyperion Essbase 7X on the 64-bit Itanium architecture makes Hyperion one of the only software vendors to provide a Business Intelligence solution with 18 months of Itanium and HP Integrity experience on HP-UX 11i and Windows Server 2003 operating systems.

"Hyperion Essbase 7X on 64-bit Itanium-based HP Integrity servers delivers the performance and scalability companies require to deploy a single, corporate-wide BI standard that delivers unprecedented visibility, alignment and agility across the business," said Rich Clayton, vice president of product marketing for Hyperion. "Because we recognize our customers' needs for such speed and reliability, Hyperion will continue to ensure that our Business Intelligence technology supports 64-bit architecture."

A key component of the Hyperion Business Intelligence Platform, Hyperion Essbase 7X provides companies with a single infrastructure for all their analytics needs, which allows the IT organization to reap the benefits of standardization and lower its cost of ownership. Customers can conduct traditional financial analysis and also non-financial, operational analysis for marketing, sales, human resources, the supply chain and other parts of the business -- all from one product, with superior performance and a choice of operating environments.

"With Hyperion now enabling its core Business Intelligence products to run on HP's 64-bit Itanium architecture on our HP Integrity server family, customers will see tangible improvements in performance and scalability," said Don Jenkins, vice president of marketing, Business Critical Servers, HP. "HP looks forward to seeing this solution benefit our customers, helping them achieve greater insight into their business."

The 64-bit Itanium architecture is also available for production reporting through Hyperion Performance Suite, which is a powerful solution that generates and manages high-volume, presentation-quality reports with unparalleled performance. From simple trend summaries to mission-critical reports, reporting on 64-bit enables developers to easily produce any conceivable report and distribute to diverse audiences through the Web.

"The Intel Itanium 2 processor delivers Intel's highest performance and mainframe-class reliability for the most demanding and business-critical solutions, from database to business intelligence and performance management applications, to enterprise resource planning," said Gregory Symon, global director of software solutions, Customer Solutions Group, Intel Corporation. "We are pleased to see a recognized leader in Business Performance Management leveraging the power of the Itanium platform to improve performance for their customers."

About Hyperion

Hyperion Solutions Corporation is the global leader in Business Performance Management software. More than 10,000 customers rely on Hyperion software to provide visibility into how their businesses are performing and to help them plan and model to improve that performance. Using Hyperion software, customers collect data, organize and analyze it, then communicate it across the enterprise. Along with the industry's most comprehensive and flexible set of interoperable applications, Hyperion offers the leading Business Intelligence platform optimized to support Business Performance Management solutions.

Named one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For (2004), Hyperion serves global customers in 45 countries. A network of more than 600 partners provides the company's innovative and specialized solutions and services. Hyperion generated revenues of $703 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2005 and is traded under the Nasdaq symbol HYSL. For more information, please visit www.hyperion.com.

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