Oracle Hyperion

Not to be confused with the Amiga-focused software company Hyperion Entertainment.
Oracle Hyperion
Public (NASDAQ: HYSL)
Industry Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence
Fate Acquisition
Founded 1981
Headquarters Santa Clara, California, United States
Key people
 Godfrey R. Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer
Revenue $765.2 million USD (2006)
Owner Oracle Corporation
Number of employees
 2,607 (2005)
Website www.hyperion.com

Hyperion Solutions Corporation was an Enterprise Performance Management software company, located in Santa Clara, California, USA, which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2007. Many of its products were targeted at the business intelligence (BI) and business performance management markets, and as of 2013 are still actively developed and sold by Oracle as Oracle Hyperion products.

Hyperion Solutions was formed from the merger of Hyperion Software (formerly IMRS) and Arbor Software in 1998.

Oracle Corporation announced on March 1, 2007 that it had agreed to purchase Hyperion Solutions Corporation for $3.3 billion in cash.[1][2] The transaction was completed on April 18, 2007 and Hyperion now operates as a division of Oracle.[3]

Hyperion office in Santa Clara

Timeline

BI market

Vendors in the business intelligence space are often categorized into:

Group Consolidation

Group consolidation specialize for finance users are a specialization of BI market. Microsoft Excel is the market leader in this area. The increase in level of Multiway Data Analysis correlate with the cost and time of consolidation. Hyperion Enterprise and Oracle HFM are examples of application to support more complex consolidation requirements.

Well-known BI market surveys and analyses include:

Products

Hyperion software products include:

References

  1. ↑ Archived March 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Oracle Buys Enterprise Performance Management Leader Hyperion Archived September 21, 2016, at the Wayback Machine., March 1, 2007, Oracle Press Release
  3. ↑ Archived May 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Willis, Clint (1998-05-10). "Buried Treasures". Forbes.
  5. ↑ "Hyperion Spins Off Appsource; Goes For Ms Olap Space". Findarticles.com. 1999-02-09. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  6. ↑ Luening, Erich (May 26, 1998). "Arbor Software, Hyperion merge". CNET News.
  7. ↑ "Hyperion Acquires Razza Solutions; Delivers Master Data Management for Business Performance Management". Information Management. January 26, 2005.
  8. ↑ "Hyperion Appoints Northdoor To Distribute Entire Business Performance Management Portfolio". SourceWire. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  9. ↑ Havenstein, Heather (April 20, 2006). "Hyperion to acquire data-quality vendor UpStream Software". Computerworld.
  10. ↑ "Q2 2007 Hyperion Earnings Conference Call". January 23, 2007.
  11. ↑ "Hyperion to Acquire Decisioneering". Information Management. January 24, 2007.
  12. ↑ "Oracle Lifetime Support Policy" (PDF). September 2013.
  13. ↑ Weier, Mary Hayes (April 12, 2008). "How To Choose Among The Four Bright Lights Of BI". InformationWeek.
  14. ↑ Weier, Mary Hayes (November 12, 2007). "What IBM's Cognos Acquisition Means For The BI Market And Its Customers".
  15. ↑ "The BI Survey 9". Retrieved October 19, 2010.
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