SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, with its Unified Dimensional Model, has turbo-charged its OLAP capabilities. These new OLAP solutions can be useful to your business because they're more powerful ...

Microsoft's OLAP product, bundled free in SQL Server, outperformed its more expensive competitors in some categories of a recent user survey done jointly by a longtime OLAP industry analyst and a ...

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 ...

SQL Server consolidated its No. 1 position in the 2002 worldwide OLAP market, where Microsoft's presence continues to drive down the value of the average sale. But even so, Redmond is not enjoying the ...

REDMOND, Wash., March 9, 2001 — In the two years since Microsoft Corp. made its debut in the online analytical processing (OLAP) space, Microsoft® SQL Server™ has overtaken competitors to become the ...

Unlike the name implies, the cube represents data across some measure of interest. Even if it is called a “cube”, it can have 2 dimensions, 3 dimensions, or even higher dimensions. With an OLAP cube, ...

As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...

Unlike the name implies, the cube represents data across some measure of interest. Even if it is called a “cube”, it can have 2 dimensions, 3 dimensions, or even higher dimensions. With an OLAP cube, ...

Microsoft offers an array of OLAP APIs for developing top-notch dedicated OLAP applications, adding OLAP functionality to your existing apps, and more. Examine ADO MD.NET for OLAP data access, ...