Oracle Hyperion - Timeline

Timeline

• 1981 - IMRS founded by Bob Thomson and Marco Arese, and launches financial and management consolidation software called 'Micro Control' in 1983
• 1985 - IMRS hires Jim Perakis as CEO; he remains in this position during growth from $1M to almost $300M
• 1991 - IMRS becomes a public company and launches a Windows-based successor to 'Micro Control' called 'Enterprise'
• 1992 - Arbor Software ships first version of Essbase Online Analytical processing OLAP software
• 1995 - IMRS changes name to Hyperion Software Corporation. Arbor becomes a publicly held company
• 1997 - Arbor acquires Appsource
• 1998 - Hyperion Software merges with Arbor and the combined company is renamed Hyperion Solutions
• 1999 - Jeffrey Rodek named as Hyperion Chairman and CEO of Hyperion. Hyperion acquires Sapling Corporation (Enterprise Performance Management applications)
• 2001 - Godfrey Sullivan is named Hyperion President and COO
• 2003 - Hyperion acquires Brio Technology and The Alcar Group
• 2004 - Hyperion names Jeffrey Rodek Executive Chairman; Godfrey Sullivan President and CEO
• 2005 - Hyperion acquires Razza Solutions (Master data management) and appoints Northdoor as a reseller in the UK and Ireland.
• 2006 - Hyperion acquires UpStream (Financial Data Quality Management)
• 2006 - Hyperion acquires Beatware (Data visualization for Web and Mobile Devices)
• 2007 - Hyperion acquires Decisioneering (Crystal Ball software). Oracle announces agreement to acquire Hyperion for USD 3.3 Billion and bundles Hyperion BI tools into Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus