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 ...

Later this year, Microsoft will revamp its SQL Server 2000 database with a new reporting services add-on. SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services will make its debut as business intelligence (BI) vendors ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There was a time when analytics was synonymous with BI, and BI was synonymous with OLAP -- Online Analytical Processing. The term was meant to contrast with the more common Online Transaction ...