Applied OLAP, Inc. Announces Partnership with AdvancedEPM Consulting

Huntsville, AL – November 24, 2009. Applied OLAP, Inc. announced today their partnership with Advanced EPM Consulting, Inc., an EPM consulting firm focused on leveraging their Oracle/Hyperion product skills to enable clients to optimize business performance. Advanced EPM’s focus and passion is to use their experience and skills to create true value while minimizing cost and complexity for their clients.

“We are pleased to have this partnership to complement the power of our Dodeca® software in implementing world class EPM solutions.” said Tim Tow, Oracle ACE Director and President of Applied OLAP, Inc. “Our Dodeca software dramatically increases the speed, reliability, and accuracy of business analysis, planning, and reporting. By using Dodeca, our customers gain better insight into their business, which leads to better decisions and better results. Our relationship with AdvancedEPM people dates back many years to when Cameron Lackpour, AdvancedEPM Principal Solution Architect, featured our software in his customer best practices session at the 2000 Hyperion Solutions Conference.”

"Oracle/Hyperion Essbase is without question one of the greatest enterprise performance management technologies of the past 15 years.” According to Todd Rebner, Managing Partner of AdvancedEPM, “Indeed, countless organizations of all sizes have benefited tremendously from the powerful analytical and processing capabilities of this multidimensional powerhouse. Without question, Essbase is second-to-none within the Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) space. For this reason we have focused on Essbase to build a knowledge base which allows us to guarantee that each and every dollar invested with us equates to tangible, measurable, and specific business value for our clients.”

Todd further stated “Applied OLAP’s Dodeca software for reporting, analysis, and planning is the most exciting technology I have seen since Essbase was introduced in 1993. Dodeca will allow us to leverage our EPM domain expertise to implement our mission to drive down engagement costs by working smarter, working harder, and eliminating non-value activities and distractions.”

About Applied Olap, Inc.

Since 1998, Applied OLAP has been exclusively focused on helping our customers maximize their investment in Oracle Essbase and other information resources. Our flagship product, Dodeca, is enterprise-class software that dramatically increases the speed, reliability, and accuracy of business analysis, planning, and reporting. By using Dodeca, our customers gain better insight into their business, which leads to better decisions, and better results. Applied OLAP customers include US Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Kroger, Big Lots, Cantor Fitzgerald and M&M/Mars. For more information, visit http://www.appliedolap.com.

About AdvancedEPM Consulting, Inc.

AdvancedEPM Consulting, Inc., based in Brecksville, Ohio, enables clients to optimize business performance and maximize return on investment. Our industry experience, broad technical capabilities, and passion assist our clients in capitalizing on opportunities and avoiding unnecessary risk. Our mission is simple: Create true value while minimizing cost and complexity. For more information, visit http://www.advancedepm.com.