NEW YORK, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinnacle Technology Partners, Inc., a leading consulting services organization focused on business planning and analysis solutions, today announced it has earned "Gold Consulting Partner" status from Hyperion (Nasdaq: HYSL - News), the global leader in business performance management software.

To become a Gold member of the Hyperion Partner Program, Pinnacle met Hyperion's rigorous evaluation criteria including a consultant certification process, joint customer interviews and critique of the Company's implementation methodology to ensure that Pinnacle met the high quality standards for which Hyperion is known.

"We depend upon expert consultants like Pinnacle to assist our customers in successfully using Hyperion business performance management solutions to achieve a rapid return on investment," said John Pierson, vice president of worldwide channels at Hyperion. "Pinnacle also is hosting our New York-based User Group, which serves all area Hyperion customers by offering a venue for networking, education and an opportunity to provide input that helps determine our priorities for future products and services."

"Pinnacle's familiarity with Hyperion Solutions creates a natural business synergy," said Andrew Jorgensen, President of Pinnacle Technology Partners. "Hyperion's reputation for flexible and powerful software, combined with Pinnacle's reputation for delivering those solutions on time and under budget, assure our clients that they'll have a favorable return on investment." Clients also benefit from Pinnacle's custom development team, who are skilled with Hyperion's application programming interfaces (APIs) and Pinnacle's Operations Center in Ellicott City, Maryland, which provides 24/7 remote monitoring for servers and networks to ensure system uptime for global enterprise reporting.