Amateurish question on Oracle BI

I have been Quite running around to get the difference between Oracle BI(OBIEE), Hyperion essbase and siebel analytics .
some state 1,3 is the same and name changes , some web ites states OBI is consisting of different suites + HY ess.
Please post a clear difference with components if possible.
Thanks in advance .

Hi,
Have a look here; http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-foundation/overview/index.html
Oracle BI (EE) and Siebel Analytics are the same. That means Oracle BI (EE) is the rebranded further developed version of Siebel Analytics.
Hyperion Essbase is a different product integrated with Oracle BI (EE).
Cheers,
Daan Bakboord
http://obibb.wordpress.com

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