Arbor Software and Ernst & Young Host Seminar Series on Best Practices in Financial Management

Business Wire, Nov 10, 1997

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1997--Arbor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:ARSW), a leading provider of enterprise OLAP (online analytical processing) software for management reporting, analysis and planning applications, is teaming with Ernst & Young, LLP to deliver a fall seminar series entitled "Best Practices in Financial Management." The seminars focus on how financial management executives can utilize OLAP technology to speed process-intensive financial management practices, improve data analysis and increase the quality of management information.

The seminars provide an overview of the best practices methodologies developed by Arbor Software and Ernst & Young, LLP that enable finance organizations to integrate planning data with actual performance, eliminate redundant and non-value added activities and streamline the financial analysis process. Case studies will illustrate how world-class organizations have deployed OLAP technology to address a wide range financial management applications.

The seminars also include a Financial Data Mart Forum featuring industry-leading financial application providers, including ABC Technologies, The Alcar Group, AppSource, CorVu, Dimension Data and Walker Interactive Systems. These Arbor Software application partners will demonstrate off-the-shelf financial applications that are fully integrated with Arbor Essbase OLAP Server for applications such as activity-based costing, budgeting, corporate consolidation, executive information systems, performance measurement and strategic planning.

The seminars will be held in Burlingame, CA; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Rosemont, IL; and Atlanta, GA. More information is available by calling 1-800-858-1666 or at http://www.arborsoft.com .

About Arbor Software

Arbor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:ARSW) develops and markets enterprise OLAP software for management reporting, analysis and planning applications. Arbor's products are used by more than 1,200 corporations worldwide, spanning a broad range of industries, business applications and enterprise data warehousing architectures. Arbor's customers include BankBoston, Los Angeles Times, PEPSICO, Prudential and Sears. Arbor's products are sold direct, as well as through system integrators and resellers worldwide, including Fujitsu, i2, IBM, Lawson, Mitsubishi, PeopleSoft and Walker Interactive Systems. Arbor's offices are located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sunnyvale, Washington D.C., Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Munich, Paris and Sydney.

Information on Arbor products and services can be found at http://www.arborsoft.com . Arbor can also be reached via e-mail at info@arborsoft.com or by calling 1-800-858-1666.

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