Oracle Hyperion was a business performance management software company located in Santa Clara, California. It was formed through the merger of Hyperion Software and Arbor Software in 1998. In 2007, Oracle Corporation acquired Hyperion Solutions for $3.3 billion, and Hyperion now operates as a subsidiary focused on business intelligence and performance management products.

1. Oracle Hyperion
Type Public (NASDAQ: HYSL)
Industry Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence
Fate Acquisition
Founded 1981
Headquarters Santa Clara, California, USA
Key people Godfrey R. Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer
Revenue $765.2 million USD (2006)
Owner(s) Oracle Corporation
Employees 2,607 (2005)
Website www.hyperion.com
Hyperion Solutions Corporation was a business performance management software
company, located in Santa Clara, California, USA, that was acquired by Oracle Corporation in
2007. Many of its products were targeted at the business intelligence (BI) andbusiness
performance management markets, and as of 2012 are still actively developed and sold by
Oracle as Oracle Hyperionproducts.
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. The transaction was completed on April 18, 2007
and Hyperion now operates as a subsidiary of Oracle.

2. Hyperion office in Santa Clara
Timeline
 1981 - IMRS founded by Bob Thomson and Marco Arese, and launches financial and
management consolidation software called 'Micro Control' in 1983
 1985 - IMRS hires Jim Perakis as CEO; he remains in this position during growth from $1M
to almost $300M
 1991 - IMRS becomes a public company and launches a Windows-based successor to 'Micro
Control' called 'Enterprise'
 1992 - Arbor Software ships first version of Essbase Online Analytical
processing OLAP software
 1995 - IMRS changes name to Hyperion Software Corporation. Arbor becomes a publicly
held company
 1997 - Arbor acquires Appsource
 1998 - Hyperion Software merges with Arbor and the combined company is
renamed Hyperion Solutions
 1999 - Jeffrey Rodek named as Hyperion Chairman and CEO of Hyperion. Hyperion acquires
Sapling Corporation (Enterprise Performance Management applications)
 2001 - Godfrey Sullivan is named Hyperion President and COO
 2003 - Hyperion acquires Brio Technology and The Alcar Group
 2004 - Hyperion names Jeffrey Rodek Executive Chairman; Godfrey Sullivan President and
CEO
 2005 - Hyperion acquires Razza Solutions (Master data management) and
appoints Northdoor as a reseller in the UK and Ireland.
 2006 - Hyperion acquires UpStream (Financial Data Quality Management)

3.  2006 - Hyperion acquires Beatware (Data visualization for Web and Mobile Devices)
 2007 - Hyperion acquires Decisioneering (Crystal Ball software). Oracle announces
agreement to acquire Hyperion for USD 3.3 Billion and bundles Hyperion BI tools
intoOracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus
BI market
Vendors in the business intelligence space are often categorized into:
 The consolidated big four "megavendors", which include Oracle Hyperion as well
as SAP BusinessObjects, IBM Cognos, and Microsoft BI.
 The independent "pure-play" vendors, the largest being MicroStrategy and SAS.
Well-known BI market surveys and analyses include:
 Gartner's BI Magic Quadrant - In 2007, Gartner placed Hyperion in its "Leader" quadrant for
both Business Intelligence Platforms and Corporate Performance Management.
 Business Application Research Center (BARC)'s The BI Survey and The BI Verdict (formerly
The OLAP Report)
Products
Hyperion software products include:
 Essbase
 Hyperion System 9 BI+
 Hyperion Intelligence (products acquired in 2003 takeover of Brio Technology)
 Hyperion Enterprise
 Hyperion Planning
 Hyperion Strategic Finance
 Hyperion Performance Scorecard
 Hyperion Business Modelling
 Hyperion Financial Management
 Hyperion Master Data Management
 Hyperion Financial Reporting
 Hyperion SmartView
 Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management (Also referred to as FDM)