1. Oracle’s Hyperion Planning Architecture Browser/Office Client Windows* / UNIX / Linux Server Web Data EntryMS Office IntegrationReporting and Analysis HTTP(S) Web Server | Application Server Web AnalysisFinancial Reporting Planning Server Administration JDBC TCP/IP – Database Protocols Database Essbase ERPLegacy External Services Relational Windows / UNIX / Linux Enterprise Performance Management (EPMA*) | Shared Services Data WarehouseFiles/Excel/XML ELT/Direct

2. Oracle’s Planning Components Server Operating System Windows 2003 SP1, Window 2000 Sever SP4 HP-UX 11.11, HP-US 11.23 AIX 5.3 ML3, AIX 5.2 ML7 Solaris 10, Solaris 9 Red Hat Linux AS 4.0 Client Operating System Windows 2003 SP1 Windows XP Professional Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server SP4 Java Runtime Environment JRE 1.5.0 Update 9 JRE 1.4.2 Update 12 Java Application Server Apache Tomcat 5.0.28 BEA WebLogic 9.2 BEA WebLogic 9.1 BEA WebLogic 8.1.6 WebLogic Express Supported with each version IBM WebSphere 6.1.0.5 IBM WebSphere 6.0.2.11 WebSphere Express or Premium Support with each version Oracle 10g Releases 1 & 2

3. Oracle’s Planning Components Database Tier Analytic Services 7.1.x or 9.x IBM DB2 9.1 IBM DB2 8.2 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP1 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP3a Oracle 11g Oracle 10g-10.2.0.2 Oracle 10g-10.1.0.5 Oracle 9i-9.2.0.5 Web Servers Microsoft IIS 6.0 Microsoft IIS 5.0 Apache Server 2.0.52 (Windows/Unix) Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 & 6.0 Firefox 1.5.0.3 Authentication Sources IBM Tivoli Directory Server 5.2 LDAP Sun One 5.2 Novell eDirectory 8.7 IBM Directory Server 5.1 Domino LDAP 5.x and 6.0 Microsoft Active Directory 2003 Microsoft Active Directory 2000 Microsoft NTLM Netegrity SiteMinder 5.5 SP2 OpenLDAP 2.3.37 Third Party Office 2007 Office 2003 Office XP (2002) Office 2000 Adobe Reader 6.0 and above

4. Oracle’s Hyperion Planning Scalability

5. Oracle’s Hyperion Planning Architecture Highlights Scalable - Effective use of resources A stateless meta data cache shared by all users Synchronized across several JVMs Optimistic concurrency locking Establishment of a connection pool – many users sharing a connection Distribution of load across several servers Extensible Business logic resides within the appropriate layer Much easier to add functionality in future True Thin Client Low cost of deployment More secure than Plug-ins Less demanding hardware/bandwidth requirements

6. Number of Users 20,000 Number of Users Top Hyperion Planning Customers Toyota Hyatt 3,000 Norway Post Petrobras Newmont Credit Suisse Telenor Turkiye IS Bank Lockheed Martin British Telecom Dell Alcoa

7. External Security Authentication Providers IBM Tivoli Directory Server 5.2 LDAP Sun One 5.2 Novell eDirectory 8.7 IBM Directory Server 5.1 Domino LDAP 5.x and 6.0 Microsoft Active Directory 2003 Microsoft Active Directory 2000 Microsoft NTLM Netegrity SiteMinder 5.5 SP2 OpenLDAP 2.3.37 Native