Visual Mining Extends Relationship with Hyperion; NetCharts Pro Chosen to Help Provide Data Visualization

Business Wire, June 22, 2005

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Visual Mining, Inc., a leading developer of reporting and data visualization solutions, today announced it has renewed and extended its relationship with Hyperion Solutions Corporation. A long time Visual Mining customer, Hyperion will expand its use of Visual Mining's products, including NetCharts(R) Pro, to provide data visualization capabilities in its Business Performance Management solutions.

"We're excited about our continued relationship with Visual Mining. Using NetCharts Pro in our market leading Business Performance Management solutions effectively allows our customers to more quickly analyze business performance for better decision making," said Robert Gersten, chief development officer for Hyperion.

"For leading software development organizations like Hyperion, using NetCharts Pro for the data visualization layer in their offerings decreases their time to market and development costs," said Michael MacDonald, founder and CEO of Visual Mining. "Hyperion's end users benefit from feature-rich, interactive data visualization that transforms their data into actionable, real-time knowledge for better business decisions."

NetCharts Pro sets the standard for Java graphing components. It can be used to chart-enable Java based graphical reporting applications via the web or stand-alone. NetCharts Pro users are programmers who are committed to building and deploying Java-based applications requiring graphs and charts. This includes professionals from many of the largest and most successful companies, government agencies, and other organizations having users who need to visualize, interpret, and react to data via the Internet. Popular applications include: CRM, Network Management, Chart editors, and Performance Measurement.

About Visual Mining, Inc:

Visual Mining builds interactive graphical reporting solutions for organizations needing maximum software flexibility and performance, but remaining within a reasonably priced budget. Visual Mining produced the first Java-powered charting engine in 1996. Since then, Visual Mining's NetCharts products have earned numerous industry awards, most recently, the 2003 Intelligent Enterprise Magazine's Readers' Choice Award for data visualization software, and was recently selected as a finalist in the Software & Information Industry Association's 20th Annual Codie Awards. For more information, please visit www.visualmining.com.

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