Hyperion Extends Commitment to SAP Customers -- Delivers Reporting and Analysis with SAP Certified Integration; ''Powered by SAP NetWeaver'' Certification for Hyperion Analyzer Enhances End-User Experience and Improves Productivity.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & BOSTON -- Hyperion (Nasdaq:HYSL), the global leader in Business Performance Management software, today announced that it has achieved "Powered by SAP NetWeaver(TM)" certification for Hyperion Analyzer 7.2 and certified integration for the SAP(TM) Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) for Hyperion SQR 8.2. Together these certified integrations deliver a lower total cost of ownership for customers using Hyperion and SAP(R) solutions. These solutions are being showcased at SAPPHIRE '05, SAP's international customer conference held May 17-19 in Boston. E[acute accent]Hyperion Analyzer, through its integration with SAP Web Application Server and SAP Enterprise Portal, has achieved "Powered by SAP NetWeaver" status. This designation helps ensure that customers using the mySAP(TM) Business Suite family of business applications and the SAP NetWeaver platform can further leverage Hyperion Analyzer to maximize their investment in their SAP solutions and seamlessly deliver information through the SAP Enterprise Portal. E[acute accent]Hyperion Analyzer is an essential component of Hyperion Reporting and Analysis for SAP solutions which supports the broadest spectrum of self-service usage, promotes collaboration across the enterprise, and enables distribution of vital business insight. These capabilities can be extended through the SAP Enterprise Portal to tens of thousands of users, leveraging integrated security and zero client administration. E[acute accent]"More than 4,000 Hyperion customers count on solutions from SAP and Hyperion every day to run their businesses," said Burton Goldfield, senior vice president of worldwide field operations for Hyperion. "These new SAP certifications reinforce our commitment to provide customers with the industry's most comprehensive and easy-to-use reporting and analysis solutions that deliver information at the right time to the right person." E[acute accent]Together, Hyperion Reporting and Analysis and SAP NetWeaver enable customers to:

E[acute accent]--Deliver easy-to-use performance management solutions, enabling faster, smarter decisions, and greater visibility of information

E[acute accent]--Rapidly deploy solutions that are flexible to address changing business conditions and enable users to satisfy many of their needs on a self-service basis

E[acute accent]--Lower total cost of ownership, enable better use of resources, and shorter cycle times for key processes

E[acute accent]--Integrate easily into the SAP solution-based environment, leveraging existing IT investments

E[acute accent]"SAP NetWeaver provides an infrastructure technology platform that enables partners to deliver tightly integrated solutions to extend the value of customers SAP implementations," said Wolfgang Martin, CEO of Wolfgang Martin Team and Ventana Research Advisor. "With Hyperion's support of SAP NetWeaver, Hyperion can now deliver Business Performance Management solutions to SAP customers with a very low total cost of ownership." E[acute accent]Additionally, Hyperion SQR 8.2 has also achieved a new level of integration with SAP solutions -- through SAP-certified BAPI integration, extensive MDX language capabilities and the ability to access multiple data sources from SAP and non-SAP solutions. Hyperion SQR 8.2 is also certified by SAP for integration with mySAP Business Suite. E[acute accent]"After evaluating other solutions, only Hyperion SQR provided the full functional capabilities of a robust reporting tool to satisfy the real-world demands of a diverse heterogeneous data landscape and complex business requirements," said Brent Byrd, vice president business systems -- HR, finance and DW systems, VF Corporation. "With Hyperion SQR, we were able to easily blend SAP and non-SAP data to produce mission-critical reports used to manage our complex supply chain."

E[acute accent]About Hyperion

E[acute accent]Hyperion Solutions Corporation is the global leader in Business Performance Management software. More than 10,000 customers -- including 91 of the Fortune 100 -- rely on Hyperion software to translate strategies into plans, monitor execution and provide insight to improve financial and operational performance. Hyperion combines the most complete set of interoperable applications with the leading Business Intelligence platform to support and create Business Performance Management solutions. A network of more than 600 partners provides the company's innovative and specialized solutions and services. E[acute accent]Named one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For 2004, Hyperion employs approximately 2,500 people in 20 countries. Distributors represent Hyperion in an additional 25 countries. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Hyperion generated annual revenues of $622 million for the 12 months that ended June 30, 2004. Hyperion is traded under the Nasdaq symbol HYSL. For more information, please visit www.hyperion.com, www.hyperion.com/contactus or call 800-286-8000 (U.S. only).

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