Microsoft Corp. and Hyperion (Nasdaq: HYSL) today announced plans to integrate their respective business intelligence (BI) solutions to enable customers to make the most of their existing IT investments through improved interoperability between the companies’ technologies. Collaboration plans include four initiatives that integrate Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 technologies — including SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services and SQL Server 2005 Integration Services — with Hyperion System 9 BI+, a key part of Hyperion’s business performance management (BPM) solution. The announcement was made at Solutions 2006, Hyperion’s global BPM conference, taking place in Las Vegas April 23–26.

“We continue to hear from customers that the need for increased interoperability is significant in making the most of existing IT investments,” said Robert Bernard, general manager of the Global ISV Group at Microsoft. “Microsoft is committed to its expansive partner network building on the Microsoft platform and to continuing to form strong relationships with our global independent software vendors (ISVs) to benefit our mutual customers. Hyperion is a leader in BPM, and we’re looking forward to the opportunities this collaboration will bring to enterprise customers.”