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April 25, 2007
Hyperion Solutions 2007
Between the 22nd and the 25th of May, Hyperion held its annual user conference in Orlando, attracting several thousands attendees. It was good to see so many organizations and people that are using Hyperion for a wide variety of purposes. Over 300 presentations, of which a very large part were submitted case studies, ranging from global dashboard implementations to focused strategic finance deployments, from large scale reporting to integrated risk and performance management, from operational planning to financial consolidation. It was also the begin of a new era, being part of Oracle. During the opening session, symbolically, Hyperions use of the color orange, changed in red. During his opening keynote, Thomas Kurian, in charge of Oracles middleware group, showed great passion about BI and Performance Management, and showed a very much aligned Oracle and Hyperion vision. A very encouraging start.
One observation. Even more encouraging than what was presented during the day, was the dynamic in the evening. Having gone around various receptions and dinners, I saw lots of staff mingling, whether they were wearing an Hyperion or Oracle shirts. Last year, in my blog, I came up with some metrics to show the success of Solutions 2006, heres my key metric for Solutions 2007: number of decibels of laughter in a room, while sharing a beer, a glass of wine, or just a glass of water. Whatever the target on that metric, I think we overachieved it.
Next Stop: Hyperion Solutions EMEA 2007, 20-22 May in Lyon, France.
Posted by Frank Buytenkijk at April 25, 2007 3:31 AM
