Hyperion, locally represented by Global Technology Business Intelligence (GBI), has announced the signing of a developer partner agreement with Red Hat Software, a provider of open source solutions and developer of the Red Hat Linux open-source operating system.
Under the agreement, Hyperion will deliver a new version of Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server optimised for Red Hat Linux, uniting the cross-platform OLAP (online analytical processing) server with the world`s fastest growing operating system.
This will enable customers and alliance partners to use Hyperion Essbase to build and deploy a wide range of sophisticated, Web-enabled analytic solutions - such as CRM, e-business, balanced scorecard, and other business performance analytic applications - to thousands of users across the enterprise at a very low total cost of ownership.
"This will give our customers and partners the best of both worlds - combining our world-class OLAP server with the stable and open Linux operating system," says Johan van Jaarsveld, GBI MD.
"Our customers and partners rely on Hyperion`s open platform to drive sophisticated analytic applications which improve the top- and bottom-line. The partnership with Red Hat reinforces Hyperion`s commitment to supporting the diverse platforms of the enterprise. It also provides maximum choice and flexibility to our customers."
Linux is rapidly gaining momentum as a platform for Web applications, with industry analysts predicting significant growth among enterprises planning to deploy Linux as an e-commerce platform.
Furthermore, market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC), already names Hyperion as the market share leader in OLAP and estimates that commercial shipments of Linux will grow faster than the total shipments of all other client or server operating systems through 2003. IDC research also shows that Linux was the fastest-growing server operating environment in 1998 - growing more than 212 percent in that year alone and capturing more than 17 percent of all server operating system shipments.
Today, Linux boasts more than 10 million users worldwide. These estimates validate the significant opportunity for enterprise analytical solutions on Linux.
The Red Hat developer partnership solidifies Hyperion`s leadership in delivering the most comprehensive OLAP platform across diverse Web and client/server environments running on HP-UX, IBM S/390, IBM-AIX, IBM AS/400, Sun Solaris, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and now Linux. This platform breadth and strong commitment to Linux enables strategic alliance partners such as IBM to leverage Hyperion products within its e-business, business intelligence and new Enterprise Information Portal offerings.
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