arcplan Releases dynaSight 3.5; New Release of Analytic Development Platform Now Supports AIX and Sun Solaris Operating Systems

Business Wire, Nov 11, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2002

Offers Interfaces to MicroStrategy 7i and Oracle8i-9i

arcplan, a leading developer of business intelligence solutions, announces the release of dynaSight(R) 3.5, the newest version of its flagship analytic development platform.

dynaSight's rapid application development environment helps IT get critical data quickly to business users; and in turn, its highly intuitive interface enables users to easily obtain, analyze and act on information. Companies are then able to reap maximum value from enterprise IT investments.

"With added operating systems, new native interfaces, and enriched functionality, dynaSight 3.5 builds on the solid technology of previous versions," said Roland Hoelscher, arcplan Inc. president and CEO.

In addition to its current deployment on the Windows operating system, dynaSight 3.5 is now available for general release on UNIX for the IBM AIX 4.3.3 and Sun Solaris 7 and 8 platforms. By adding AIX and Sun Solaris support, dynaSight can now leverage the scalability and reliability of these UNIX-based enterprise server solutions. In addition to these operating systems, arcplan is continuing its evolution of dynaSight to include use on HP-UX 11, Mac OS X, and Linux in coming releases.

Executing on its recent partnership with MicroStrategy, arcplan has developed an interface to the MicroStrategy 7i Business Intelligence Platform. The MicroStrategy MDX Adapter interface supports unlimited access to enterprise information and analytics provided by the MicroStrategy BI platform. As a result, this connection will now enable the implementation of fully customized dynaSight applications based on MicroStrategy data.

Version 3.5 now offers a native interface to Oracle's relational database. Beginning with Oracle8i and continuing through their most recent Oracle9i release, this interface, which complements the previously offered ODBC interface for Oracle, is available on both the UNIX and Windows operating systems.

dynaSight 3.5 offers SAP Enterprise Portal users a single sign-on capability. This allows users to reduce the number of passwords needed to access their data through dynaSight from various SAP sub-systems, while maintaining the same level of security.

Other enhancements round out the significant improvements made with dynaSight 3.5. These include:

-- functions to support Linked Reporting Objects (LRO) with Hyperion Essbase

-- improvements in the handling of web-based consolidation with Hyperion Enterprise

-- support of "browser tables" for SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW), Microsoft Analysis Services and iTM1 from Applix via the OLE DB for OLAP interface

-- the ability to use the SELECT function to create self-defined MDX statements in addition to the dynamic MDX generation

-- a new GETWEBSERVERVARIABLE() function to receive web-server administrated user settings and functions

-- an enhancement to copying and pasting data to and from dynaSight-based web applications

About arcplan

arcplan is a globally successful software developer whose solutions enable companies to bridge business initiatives and IT resources for maximum productivity and competitive advantage. With arcplan's business intelligence platforms, IT and business professionals can create web-based applications which require no programming to build or IT intervention to use. dynaSight, arcplan's flagship business intelligence platform, helps IT get critical intelligence quickly to business users with rapid development of analytical applications and seamless connectivity to a broad range of data sources, leveraging existing IT investments. Its highly intuitive interface enables users at any level of the organization to easily obtain, analyze and act on information. arcplan has more than 1,500 customers and 200,000 users worldwide. Headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany and Philadelphia, PA, arcplan delivers its solutions through a global direct sales force and a network of more than 135 service and implementation partners in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.arcplan.com.