A3 Modeling™ Now Supports Leading OLAP Database Technologies

Newest Release from A3 Solutions Delivers Fast, Flexible Web Spreadsheet Applications on Hyperion Essbase, Microsoft Analysis Services and IBM DB2 OLAP

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — December 8, 2004 — A3 Solutions, Inc., developer of the Spreadsheet Automation Server™ (download the white paper), announced today that its flagship product A3 Modeling now supports the world's leading OLAP database platforms from Hyperion Solutions, IBM, SPSS-Showcase Corporation, and Microsoft Corporation. Cross-platform OLAP support further solidifies A3 Modeling as the leading technology for automating spreadsheet applications against OLAP cubes and relational databases. With A3 Modeling Excel users create complex modeling and write-back applications using just their spreadsheet skills, removing dependence on outside IT consultants. Compared to service-intensive performance management platforms that require implementation and maintenance by technically trained consultants, A3 Modeling is more cost-effective and faster and easier to deploy and use.

"A3 Modeling is radically innovative technology," says Robert Lautt, CEO of A3 Solutions. "A3 Modeling is the only pure Web architecture. We're also the only product that leverages Excel as our development environment. The result: Our customers tell us that A3 Modeling cuts the labor and technical expertise required to deploy and maintain high-end applications compared to leading performance management platforms by 80%. A3 Modeling is catching on because it offers a more flexible, intuitive approach to configuring performance management applications."
With A3 Modeling, Excel users deploy OLAP-based budgeting, forecasting, consolidation and management reporting applications over the Web to as many as 1000 users. A3 Modeling server licenses start at $25,000. A3 Modeling is also available on a subscription basis in a hosted configuration. Call 800-666-CUBE (2823) to learn more about A3 Modeling.

About A3 Solutions

A3 Solutions is an innovator in the Corporate Performance Management market (CPM, BPM, EPM). Leveraging its advanced analytic application technology, A3 Solutions competes successfully with market leaders by delivering more powerful budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and executive dashboard solutions that deploy more quickly and at lower total cost. Come to our website (www.a3solutions.com) and see how American Airlines, Avon, Cox Communications, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's, Safeway, Toyota, Williams Sonoma, and Verizon use software from A3 to reduce the time and labor associated with spreadsheets, increase confidence in reporting and analysis, enjoy more timely and detailed visibility into operational performance, and make decisions more quickly and confidently. A3 Solutions' partners include leading enterprise technology providers such as Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT, News), IBM (NYSE: IBM, News), and Hyperion Solutions (Nasdaq: HYSL, News). A3 Solutions is headquartered in San Francisco, California. To learn more about the company or its flagship product, A3 Modeling, visit www.a3solutions.com, send an email to sales@a3solutions.com, or call (800) 666-CUBE (2823) or 415-356-2300.