OLAP extensions to Microsoft's flagship database software that enable users to perform "what if" analyses on their data. Formerly code-named Plato, OLAP Services was introduced with Version 7.0 of SQL ...

Microsoft consolidated its leadership position in the OLAP marketplace in 2003, but the software giant does not hold a dominant position and may slip slightly in 2004 due to continuing delays of ...

In the fog of the Big Data era, OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing) gets little mention from the press or the industry analysts. The reality is, OLAP is quite vital today for a simple reason: most ...

In just two years since exploding onto the Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) market with SQL Server 7.0 OLAP Services, Microsoft already shares the No. 1 position in market share with Hyperion ...

Online analytical processing (OLAP) databases are purpose-built for handling analytical queries. Analytical queries run on online transaction-processing (OLTP) databases often take a long time to ...

Excerpt from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Unleashed by Irina Gorbach, Alexander Berger, Edward Melomed Chapter 1: Introduction to OLAP and Its Role in Business Intelligence Excerpt from ...

Using a name that sounds a lot like the one Microsoft Corp. chose last summer, Oracle Corp. on Tuesday said that its combined online analytical processing (OLAP) tools and data mining technology will ...

Microsoft consolidated its leadership position in the OLAP marketplace in 2003, but the software giant does not hold a dominant position and may slip slightly in 2004 due to continuing delays of ...