Oracle Express and the OLAP Option 6.4 Review

OLAP REPORT REVIEW: Oracle Express and the OLAP Option 6.4

Author: Nigel Pendse Released: 2004 Pages: 35 Single User Price: $195 USD An in-depth product evaluation and rating The oldest OLAP product line, now at the end of its development life, plus information on its successor, the new Oracle10g OLAP Option. Is Oracle OLAP a competitive option for existing Oracle customers looking for analytical tools? What about the older Express product? And perhaps most importantly, what are the technical and user implications of commiting to Oracle's OLAP products? This 35-page review provides authoritative insights into the current status of its OLAP products, including Sales Analyzer, Financial Analyzer and Discoverer. The OLAP Report will give both existing and new customers of Oracle's other products an informed summary of the implications of adopting its OLAP tools, both now and for the future. The review traces Oracle's involvement in the OLAP market, including its industry-leading move in 1995 in acquiring Express, for many years its flagship OLAP product, and the subsequent difficulties surrounding its development of successor products. Find out about the new ROLAP engine, its compatibility with Oracle RDBMS and the features and functionality of its 'analytic workspace'. The OLAP Report looks at the current, still-evolving and incomplete state of Oracle's new generation OLAP tools and gives an informed assessment of their viability in their present state of development. A sample of the numerous specially generated screenshots from this review. Click to enlarge.

Contents: Vendor overview Revenues Market share Product commercial issues Applications: Oracle Sales Analyzer, Oracle Financial Analyzer Discoverer 3.1 Pricing Database structure and capacity Database maintenance Architecture and platforms Data access functionality Calculation functionality Reporting flexibility Web access OLAP APIs New Oracle OLAP APIs in depth Automatic detection of exceptions Time series intelligence Currency support Security and DBMS issues End-user human factors Application building features Performance Conclusions and scores Ask a question about this product? Other customers also purchased: SAP BW Review BusinessObjects Review MicroStrategy 7i Review Email a colleague about this product

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