Strategic partners: Hyperion and IBM to join forces.

Two FEI Strategic Partners, Hyperion and IBM Corp., have announced that they will work together to deliver new industry and technology solutions and services designed to enhance value to CFO and CIO organizations. This relationship will enable both companies to focus on joint solutions that integrate Hyperion's financial applications and business intelligence software with IBM's industry-leading infrastructure software products and business consulting services.

Through the integrated partnership model, IBM will contribute an end-to-end, world-class enterprise software infrastructure that leverages IBM's DB2 Information Management and WebSphere middleware technologies. IBM will also provide a platform that encourages end-user participation and supports collaborative innovation, modeling and integration of key business processes across organizations.

The second element of the model will be provided by Hyperion, whose technology will deliver insight to improve business performance across organizations. Hyperion products will provide superior reporting flexibility for internal controls and deliver transparency and greater visibility into compliance risk exposures.