#3. Purchase of Brio, Razza, Upstream…

Though everyone agrees that Oracle is much better at acquiring companies than Hyperion, Hyperion didn’t do such a bad job itself once it learned the lessons of the Arbor merger. Hyperion bought Brio in 2003, Razza in 2005, Upstream in 2006, and Decisioneering in 2007. Those acquisitions significantly expanded the Hyperion suite with products now called Hyperion Interactive Reporting, SQR Production Reporting, Data Relationship Management, Financial Data Quality Management, and Crystal Ball.

Hyperion Strategic Finance 11x is Finally Released

7 months (almost to the day) after Hyperion 11x was released, Hyperion Strategic Finance Fusion Edition (11.1.1.1.0) was finally announced on February 11, 2009.  The delayed release of HSF 11 made many speculate that the product was being discontinued though most believed that the delay was simply due to the difficulty in fully integrating Crystal Ball for predictive forecasting.

In addition to Crystal Ball integration, the new HSF 11 has better integration with Hyperion FDM (Financial Data Quality Management), Oracle Essbase, and Hyperion Planning.  There are also a number of user interface improvements.  Personally, I've seen the new UI, and it's much better than the System 9 version of HSF.  Check out http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/090211/aqw004.html for a list of the new features.