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OLAP is hip again!

Are we seeing an OLAP revival?

Well, the 'big five' BI vendors are currently investing heavily in numerous initiatives to increase support for fast multidimensional analysis.

Carsten Bange investigates in this new commentary for The OLAP Report.

Our BusinessObjects XI review has now been updated to cover release 3 of this popular BI platform, now under the ownership of SAP. The review focuses on 3 tools in particular:

— WebIntelligence — the ad hoc reporting tool;
— Voyager — a new analysis tool for multidimensional databases; and
— Polestar — an in-memory query tool.

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BusinessObjects XI Release 3 Review: Table of contents

Following its unveiling at last month's Microsoft BI Conference in Seattle, Project Gemini has been THE hot topic of debate in the BI industry.

Now, in the most detailed evaluation of Gemini yet to be published, Nigel Pendse runs the rule over Microsoft's all-new in-memory, column-oriented analytics tool slated for release in 2010.

This incisive, no-holds-barred preview is supplemented with twelve screenshots.

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Project Gemini preview: Table of contents

Following our recent lab test of MicroStrategy 8.1.2, our coverage of MicroStrategy now includes a factbase.

Available only to OLAP Report subscribers, the factbase is an exhaustive feature-by-feature assessment of the product including scores based on dozens of criteria.

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A few days on from the Microsoft BI Conference, Nigel Pendse, lead analyst at The OLAP Report, delivers his verdict on the undoubted highlight of the event: the unveiling of 'Project Gemini'.

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The factbase section of our arcplan Enterprise review is now complete and online.

The factbase concept is a new addition to The OLAP Report. Delivered in a handy spreadsheet format, the factbase supplements each of our new product overviews with a feature-by-feature assessment of the product including scores based on dozens of criteria.

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Our recently published QlikView product overview now includes the factbase section, a feature-by-feature assessment of the product including scores based on dozens of criteria.

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Our arcplan review has now been updated to cover arcplan Enterprise 5.5.

From its beginnings as a SAP interface in the early Nineties, this product has evolved into one of the most versatile web-based OLAP applications around, with a strong presence in the US market as well as in Europe.

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arcplan Enterprise 5.5 Product Overview: Table of contents

Our recently published QlikView product overview is now available for purchase. This is the first time The OLAP Report has covered this much-hyped analysis tool from Pennsylvania-based vendor, QlikTech.

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QlikTech QlikView Product Overview: Table of contents

The factbase section of our SQR Production Reporting review is now available, featuring product scores and commentary across a range of key criteria.

OLAP Report subscribers can click here to read the full review and follow the links to view the factbase.

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SQR Production Reporting 9.3 Product Overview: Table of contents

Our review of WebFOCUS, the production reporting tool from Information Builders, has now been updated to include the factbase section. This features scores and commentary across a range of key criteria from our team of analysts.

OLAP Report subscribers can click here to read the full product overview.

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WebFOCUS 7.6 Product Overview: Table of contents

Fieldwork for the next edition of The BI Survey ends on 31st August so this is your last chance to take part in the world's largest independent survey of business intelligence implementations.

As a thank you for contributing your experiences to this project, all participants will receive a 30-page summary of the results and will be entered into a draw to win one of ten $50 Amazon vouchers.

We welcome feedback from business AND technical users of BI products. Consultants are also invited to take part by providing feedback on a single project carried out with a client. And vendors too can take The BI Survey.

All data will be treated anonymously and in aggregate form only, so individuals will not be identified in the results. Furthermore, none of your personal details will be passed to vendors or other third parties.

Please click here to participate. The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete.

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Our investment guide to the joint SAP/BOBJ product portfolio gets an update this week in the light of developments in the company's product strategy over the last couple of months.

The guide focuses on the numerous product overlaps caused by SAP's acquisition of Business Objects, completed in January 2008. It provides readers with an assessment of the future prospects of each product involved based on vendor announcements and actions or, where there is a lack of public information, on the opinion of our experienced team of analysts.

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