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Hyperion (Nasdaq Global Select:HYSL), the global leader in Business Performance Management software, today announced that Heidi Melin and Mercedes Ellison were both named Finalists in the �Best Executive� category in The 3rd annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run � worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as �the business world�s own Oscars.� (New York Post, April 27, 2005). More than 600 entries were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories, including Best Executive, Best Entrepreneur, and Best Community Involvement Program. In less than a year and a half as chief marketing officer, Melin has positioned Hyperion as the leading provider of performance management software solutions by formulating and launching a new corporate brand identity and revamping the company�s positioning through new global advertising, public relations and analyst relations programs. Within six months of her arrival, she re-engineered the company�s go-to-market launch process and was recognized by Hyperion executives and industry pundits for staging the company�s most successful new product introduction to date � Hyperion System 9. As the vice president of global partner sales, Ellison leads a strategic initiative for the company and her leadership has been instrumental in helping to drive Hyperion�s growth and position in the market. Her charter is to develop and market value-added customer solutions with partners across product lines, market segments, verticals and geographies. She is also responsible for successfully developing the Hyperion partner ecosystem including the award winning Hyperion Partner Program that currently boasts an ecosystem of over 700 partners around the world. Finalists were chosen by business professionals worldwide during preliminary judging. Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs select Stevie Award winners from among the Finalists during final judging. �Being named a Finalist in The Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an important achievement,� said Michael Gallagher, president of the Stevie Awards. �It means that independent business executives have agreed that the nominee is worthy of recognition. We congratulate all of the Finalists on their achievement and wish them well in the competition.� Details about The Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/women. About Hyperion Hyperion Solutions Corporation (Nasdaq Global Select:HYSL) is the global leader in Business Performance Management software. More than 12,000 customers in 90 countries rely on Hyperion both for insight into current business performance and to drive performance improvement. With Hyperion software, businesses collect, analyze and share data across the organization, linking strategies to plans and monitoring execution against goals. Hyperion integrates financial management applications with a business intelligence platform into a single management system for the global enterprise. For more information, contact us at http://www.hyperion.com/company/contact/salesrep.cfm?CMP=PR_US. �Hyperion� and Hyperion�s product names are trademarks of Hyperion. References to other companies and their products use trademarks owned by the respective companies and are for reference purpose only.