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interRel Consulting Joins Star Analytics StarPartners Program

Mutual Customers Achieve Maximum Business Value with Financial Data Integration Solutions Built on the Star Integration Server

Arlington, Texas, April 15, 2009– interRel Consulting, the world’s leading provider of Oracle EPM and Business Intelligence solutions, today announced it has joined the Star Analytics StarPartners Program. As a partner, interRel Consulting is offering Star Analytics Star Integration Server as the financial data integration platform within its Enterprise Performance Management practice.

The combined solution offers customers a simple and cost-effective way to access valuable financial data from within their Oracle Hyperion planning applications. By automating the process of unifying and sharing the underlying data, calculations and business assumptions within these applications, Star Integration Server eliminates costly manual programming approaches that are difficult to maintain.

“The partnership with Star Analytics has expanded our capabilities as a consulting firm to offer solutions to a broader spectrum of companies. We look forward to introducing our clients to Star Analytics innovative integration solutions,” said Michael Manes, interRel Consulting national practice director.

“This program allows partners to enhance and differentiate their solutions with a platform that is rapidly becoming the standard for financial data integration,” said Suzanne Hoffman, vice president of worldwide sales at Star Analytics. “In an economy where profitability and agility are crucial to success, we’re pleased to partner with a leader like interRel Consulting and help joint customers drive greater value from their Hyperion investments.”

About StarPartners Program

The StarPartners Program is a global network of leading value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs) and consulting companies dedicated to helping the installed base of thousands of Oracle Hyperion customers extend the benefits of their applications. Star Analytics offers comprehensive services and resources to boost partner success, including sales and marketing tools, technical and sales training workshops, elearning programs, early access to products, advanced technical support and participation in exclusive customer events. For more information or to apply for the StarPartners program, visit http://www.staranalytics.com/partners.

About interRel Consulting

Founded in 1997 to implement Hyperion and Essbase, interRel Consulting develops Oracle EPM/BI solutions on time, under budget and with total attention to quality. Recent awards interRel has won include Oracle’s 2008 Titan Award for “EPM Solution” of the year, Oracle Titan honorable mention for “Manufacturing Industry Solution” of the year, and an Oracle Excellence award alongside their client, Pearson Education. interRel has recently been cited by Inc. Magazine as being one of the fastest growing companies in America in 2008..

Two of the three Oracle ACE Directors in the Hyperion space worldwide are part of the interRel family. Known for their strong credentials and as Oracle community enthusiasts and advocates, ACE candidates are nominated by someone within the Oracle community. For more information, please visit http://www.interrel.com.

About Star Analytics
Star Analytics, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise data integration software for Financial Consolidation, Planning, Budgeting and Analysis. Its flagship product, the Star Integration Server, allows corporations to extend the value of their investments in business intelligence and data warehousing. Star Integration Server is fully deployed in Fortune 1000 companies in industries such as aerospace, banking, chemicals, computer software and hardware, energy, financial services, Internet search, manufacturing, mining, online travel, pharmaceuticals and skin care and cosmetics. Partners include IBM; SAP; Microsoft; Oracle Hyperion and others. Star Analytics is funded by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Visit http://www.staranalytics.com.

Star Analytics is a member of the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program at http://www.microsoftstartupzone.com.

Take part in discussions about the next generation of financial systems at the Finance Systems Innovators blog at http://financeinnovators.blogspot.com.

Media contact
Joanna Rustin
Rustin Communications for Star Analytics
866-496-8028

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