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TopDown’s Business Intelligence Consulting Services Help to Expand the Reach of Hyperion System 9 to All Knowledge Workers
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, November 30, 2006 – TopDown Consulting, Inc., a recognized leader in the deployment of high-quality Business Performance Management and Business Intelligence solutions, today announced plans to support Hyperion System 9 Smart Space from Hyperion (Nasdaq Global Select: HYSL), the global leader in Business Performance Management (BPM) software. Smart Space will deliver “always-on” Business Intelligence (BI) to every user in the enterprise, utilizing the Windows desktop. By joining Hyperion’s developer community of partners, TopDown Consulting will help make BI a relevant, collaborative and intuitive part of every users’ workday.
Announced today by Hyperion, Smart Space will transform the way BI is accessed and shared by combining the familiarity and ease of use of Windows with the power of the Services Oriented Architecture of Hyperion System 9. Smart Space includes features that make it easy to stay up-to-date on information, instantly collaborate with peers, access and assemble mini-applications, and perform automatic updates.
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User Assembled Applications using gadgets. Smart Space presents subsets of Hyperion System 9 functionality to users in the form of gadgets. The ability to customize these gadgets enables users to personalize the way they find and use information based on their business needs.
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Instant Collaboration enables users to immediately interact with peers and easily share BI information to gain a common interpretation of the state of the business. This shared decision making environment is enabled by an auditable instant messaging service that securely operates behind the firewall. Conversations can be saved and associated with different decisions, enabling faster and more effective decision management.
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“Always-On” BI brings active insights to the desktop. Once the user has logged on to Windows, information transparently flows to gadgets from Hyperion System 9 services. Users have all KPIs and key documents at their fingertips.
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One-click installation - Smart Space is easy to deploy on a global scale because it provides an extremely light footprint, self installs and updates in 30 seconds or less, and is based on the latest innovations in Windows XP and Vista operating systems. Easy deployment and automatic update capabilities enable IT to provide an interactive desktop experience without the overhead of traditional desktop deployments.
TopDown’s Business Intelligence Consulting Services will utilize Smart Space to simplify the way customers view and deploy reports and dashboards. Users will benefit from instant access to information that is more interactive and customized, as well as the ability to share and analyze key performance data.
“We believe that Smart Space is a key step toward realizing TopDown’s vision of true BPM and BI integration,” stated Juan Porter, President, TopDown Consulting, Inc. “Gadgets will allow us to reshape our customers’ views of their desktops and dashboards, enriching the user’s experience and allowing a level of collaboration not previously available.”
“Hyperion’s partners, including TopDown Consulting, are eager to add value to Smart Space and make BI a useful part of every business professional’s workday,” said Rich Clayton, vice president of product marketing at Hyperion. “We’re pleased to have our vision and technology leadership embraced by so many innovative companies that will help us achieve true information democracy.”
About TopDown Consulting
TopDown Consulting, Inc. specializes in delivering real world experience and personalized expertise to ensure that clients achieve measurable success from their business performance management solutions. A recognized industry leader, TopDown works with companies worldwide to create strategic vision, define goals, implement solutions, develop client experts, and quantify the success of every project.
TopDown consultants are renowned for their depth of financial and business process experience, and the pride they take in making clients successful. Services include business strategy, project management, implementation, optimization, technical strategy, training, and support. With TopDown's established methodology, clients receive tangible benefits and realize the best possible return on their software investment.
TopDown Consulting, founded by Juan Porter, is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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