The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Businessweek, Hyperion Solutions Corporation and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern Join World Business Forum-Chicago

Business Wire, June 17, 2004

A[paragraph]About Kellogg School of Management

A[paragraph]The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University was founded in 1908 and is widely recognized as a global leader in graduate business education. The school is home to a renowned, research-based faculty and MBA students from more than 50 countries and six continents. Kellogg includes the full-time MBA program, part-time MBA program, executive MBA, and non-degreed Executive Education Program. The school offers three joint degree programs: the JD/MBA; MD/MBA; and MEM/MBA. Additionally, the Kellogg School of Management has alliances with business schools in Europe, Asia and Canada. A[paragraph]In October 2003, the Kellogg School was named the top MBA program in the world for the second consecutive year by The Economist Intelligence Unit, a division of The Economist Group. In 2002, BusinessWeek magazine ranked the Kellogg School the number one graduate school of business in the United States, an honor it has achieved four times since the biennial survey began in 1988.

A[paragraph]About Hyperion Solutions Corporation

A[paragraph]Hyperion is the global leader in Business Performance Management software. More than 9,000 customers - including 91 of the FORTUNE 100 - rely on Hyperion software to translate strategies into plans, monitor execution and provide insight to improve financial and operational performance. Hyperion combines the most complete set of interoperable applications with the leading business intelligence platform to support and create Business Performance Management solutions. A network of more than 600 partners provides the company's innovative and specialized solutions and services. A[paragraph]Named one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For 2004, Hyperion employs approximately 2,600 people in 20 countries. Distributors represent Hyperion in an additional 25 countries. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Hyperion - together with recently acquired Brio Software Inc. - generated combined annual revenues of $612 million for the 12 months ending June 30, 2003. Hyperion is traded under the Nasdaq symbol HYSL. For more information, please visit www.hyperion.com, www.hyperion.com/contactus or call (800) 286-8000 (U.S. only).

A[paragraph]About HSM Group

A[paragraph]Founded in 1989, HSM Group has an integrated approach to executive education through the organization of forums such as the World Business Forum and Expomanagement; seminars and conferences; the publication of a business and management review magazine called HSMManagement; and the production and distribution of online management courses through HSMeducation. Over the past 14 years, HSM has organized over 150 events in more than 10 countries across Europe and the Americas and is planning to expand its operations in 2004 and 2005. A[paragraph]For further information and/or registration to the World Business Forum, visit www.wbfchicago.com. For information about HSM Group, visit www.hsm-group.com. Or contact Penny Killebrew on (212) 317.9110 or pkillebrew@hsm-group.com.