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 ...

In order to fully understand the benefits of OLAP and the details of its effective implementation, it helps to examine the technology from two perspectives: (1) from that of the users and (2) from ...

In an effort to keep people up to date with one of the hottest topics in computing, market research company Business Intelligence has launched an online Olap report service. Based on a Web site in the ...

Operating-level transaction data (OLTP) is the data we get as a result of our day-to-day transactions, or operations. An OLAP database is a large collection of operative and historical data from ...

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 ...

Using data driven insights to improve the decision-making process has been one of the biggest trends in the mining industry over the past few years and it will continue to be a strategic priority for ...

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 ...