Hyperion Software Corp has also introduced version 4 of its Hyperion Enterprise financial management software, adding new reporting functions and ad-hoc querying. A 4 XA (Extended Architecture) summer release will include support for 32-bit clients, legal reporting, larger application volumes and a new security model. It is up on Sybase, with Oracle support to follow. The company says it will upgrade its Hyperion Pillar budgeting software with French and German translation, plus an Object DataBase Connectivity driver later this quarter, with an international version due in October. Hyperion Financials 2.0 now supports Sybase System 11. Support for Oracle general ledger and payable modules, originally due in the first quarter, is now expected by mid- year, along with receivable, purchasing and fixed asset modules. Hyperion is bundling its accounting, reporting, budgeting and analysis lines into Hyperion CFO, Complete Financial Offering, for the US market, providing common look and feel, data transfer between applications and drill- down capabilities. Entry-level prices for the complete suite go from $300,000 to $500,000. It will be renamed for the European market later in the year. The Stamford, Connecticut-based company reports it did $165m in sales in the year to the end of March.
