SQL FINANCIALS PARTNERS WITH ARBOR SOFTWARE TO DELIVER HIGH-PERFORMANCE
OLAP REPORTING

PART OF STRATEGIC EFFORT TO PROVIDE BROADER, BETTER INFORMATION ACCESS TO
CUSTOMERS

ATLANTA, APRIL 23, 1996 -- SQL Financials International, Inc., a leading
provider of high-performance client/server financial applications, today
announced a technology and partnership agreement with Arbor Software
Corporation focused on providing customers with a unique high-performance
reporting solution that leverages Essbase's robust analytical server
engine.

Under the agreement, SQL Financials will integrate the Essbase
multidimensional database server with its General Ledger report writer to
meet its customers' critical high-volume reporting needs. The new
server-based reporting utility will enable customers to run high-volume
reports in an efficient manner while maintaining the quality and familiar
interface of their SQL Financials General Ledger report writer.

"This agreement is part of our expanding efforts to provide broader and
better information access to our customers so they can obtain answers to
their questions more quickly," said Joe McCall, CEO of SQL Financials. "By
taking the unique approach of integrating SQL Financials' flexible report
writer with Arbor's robust Essbase multidimensional database server, we
will be able to provide a practical, production-ready means of meeting our
clients' power reporting needs."

"SQL Financials is developing an innovative OLAP solution by integrating
Essbase into its financial reporting system," said Jim Dorrian, president
and CEO, Arbor Software. "This solution leverages the Essbase
multidimensional database engine to dramatically increase the flexibility
and performance of SQL Financials' production reporting environment."

Multidimensional databases (MDD) are optimized for applications that have
large volumes of data and are consolidation or computation-intensive. MDDs
provide large-scale data capacity, robust analytical calculations,
flexible data navigation and consistently fast response times.

Development of the server-based reporting tool is expected to be completed
later this year.

Arbor Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ARSW) develops and markets
client/server software for business planning, analysis and management
reporting. Arbor's products are used by more than 650 corporations
spanning a broad range of industries and business applications including
Bank of Boston, Emery Worldwide, Fidelity, Los Angeles Times, Neutrogena,
Pennzoil, PEPSICO, Prudential and Sears. Arbor has over 100 application,
services, tools and platform partners, including Comshare,
Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft. Arbor's products are sold direct, as
well as through systems integrators and VARs worldwide. Arbor's offices
are located in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New
York, Sunnyvale, Washington D.C., London and Paris. More information on
Arbor products and services can be found on Arbor's World Wide Web (WWW)
site at http://www.arborsoft.com.

Founded in 1991, SQL Financials International, Inc. develops and supports
cross-industry client/server enterprise applications on a variety of
scalable platforms for Fortune 1000 companies. SQL Financials offers
General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Revenue Accounting,
Fixed Assets, Document Manager and Task Manager applications and is in the
process of developing a complete suite of application software.
Headquartered in Atlanta, the company provides software and services to
major corporations, including Ameritech; Executive Risk, Inc.; Freddie
Mac; Oppenheimer Capital; Sara Lee Corporation; and United Technologies
Corporation. The company differentiates itself on the basis of its
high-performance, fully functional and intuitive client/server
applications that are quick to implement and offer the lowest total cost
of ownership.
 
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