HubHip - OLAP

DescriptionOLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing), a technology supporting analytical capabilities against one or more of data sources. OLAP systems usually involve analyzing data that originated in a traditional database, but was then transformed into a multi-dimensional structure for easier visualization.

Relational and multi-dimensional database models usually serve very different purposes; while the former is intended for read/write, transactional, high-volume activities, the latter is suited for low-volume, complex queries that span large quantities of data at any time. Relational databases have SQL as their query language; in contrast, multi-dimensional OLAP environments have no commonly accepted language, although the proprietary MDX language created by Microsoft is gaining acceptance.

Related categories include:

- Data mining, which attempts to discover trends and patterns in the data;

- Data warehousing, which attempts to reconcile some or all of a company's data sources into a single all-encompassing database;

- Data transformation tools, which provide the means to cleanse and manipulate data while transferring it from one location to another.

Consultants (34)

OLAP

PivotCube VCL (Site) - Offers OLAP solutions for Delphi and C++ Builder programmers.

Geppetto's Workshop L.L.C. (Site) - AntMDX and AntSQL. Query technology for enterprise relational and multi-dimensional data sources.

OLAP Insider (Site) - Provides interactive data visualization and data creation tools. By PEYO.

KD Nuggets Directory (Site) - Data mining and knowledge discovery resources.

Tek-Tips Forums - OLAP (Site) - OLAP technical support forums and mutual help system for computer professionals. Selling and recruiting forbidden.

The OLAP Report (Site) - Provides regularly updated, detailed and unbiased information on the OLAP market and OLAP products.

LogiXML - Business Intelligence and Reporting Software (Site) - LogiXML provides OLAP based business intelligence reporting and analytics software tools. .net based Ad hoc and managed reporting software solutions.

Alta Plana: Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) (Site) - Collection of information related to Online Analytical Processing and selected related disciplines including Data Warehousing (DW), Decision Support Systems (DSS), and Executive Information Systems (EIS). Maintained as a public service by Alta Plana Corporation.

Gentia do Brasil (Site) - South American Gentia distributor with consulting involving Balanced Scorecard and risk strategies.

Hyperion Solutions Corporation (Site) - Develops high performance, OLAP software for business planning, analysis, management reporting, and data warehousing applications.

Business Objects (Site) - Business intelligence software and solutions including: enterprise reporting, query and analysis, data integration, and performance management tools.

Strategy.com (Site) - Personal intelligence network from MicroStrategy which actively delivers personalized, relevant and timely information to individuals via digital devices and the web.

Contour Components Limited (Site) - OLAP software for interactive reporting, data analysis and information delivery.

IAF Software, Inc. (Site) - Provides business intelligence solutions, including online analytical processing (OLAP) management and analytical tools.

SAS Business Intelligence - OLAP (Site) - SAS OLAP Server - a multidimensional data store designed to provide quick access to presummarized data, generated from vast amounts of detailed data.

MicroStrategy Inc. (Site) - Provider of intelligent e-business software and services.

Ariel Alert (Site) - Business intelligence solution for automated scheduling and web-based distribution of exception reports, information snapshots and threshold alerts.

Speedware Corporation, Inc. (Site) - Media/MR combines relational (ROLAP) and multidimensional (MOLAP) technologies to deliver hybrid (HOLAP) analysis.

PALO (Site) - Open Source OLAP Server for analysis, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and planning.

OLAP Information Site (Site) - Provides links to selected articles, whitepapers, and glossary of OLAP-terms.

Radar-Soft, L.L.C. (Site) - OLAP component developer for creating BI solutions in such programming environments as Delphi, NET Windows Forms and ASP.NET.

Cognos Inc. (Site) - Business intelligence and business performance management software. Reporting, analytics software, budgeting software, balanced scorecard software, dashboards, ETL, and consolidation.

Mondrian (Site) - An open-source OLAP server written in Java.

Oracle Express (Site) - Oracle Express OLAP products support strategic decision making across a range of enterprises, including government, pharmaceuticals, retail, utilities, insurance, health care, entertainment, manufacturing, brewing, banking, and telecommunications.

Information Builders - WebFOCUS (Site) - Business intelligence solution designed to support e-business and e-government initiatives.

Data Dynamics Ltd. (Site) - Develop ActiveReports and DynamiCube, ActiveX components that provide OLAP and reporting facilities for applications written in Visual Basic. ActiveReports won Productivity Award in the 10th Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards.

Rapiddecision.net (Site) - RapidDecision is a business intelligence solution that uses real-time information without regard to underlying ERP or dashboard applications.

German OLAP and Data Warehouse Forum (Site) - A list of links to white papers, (research) organizations, companies and product related to Data Warehousing, Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), and Data Mining. [English and German]

Actuate Corporation (Site) - Builds Java based OLAP software for the enterprise and offers business process solutions for HR, Sales, Customer Service and Financial Services.

Databeacon Inc. (Site) - Software for web-based information analysis and reporting. Company, product, and solutions information.

OLAP Services User Community (Site) - Provides information, resources and forums dedicated to the development and administration of solutions based around Microsoft OLAP Services. Frequented by members of the development team; registration not required for read-only access.

Microsoft OLAP Information (Site) - Mosha Pasumansky's site containing technical information, whitepapers, utilities, code samples and other resources about Microsoft OLAP products.

instantOLAP (Site) - Java OLAP and web reporting tool to perform multidimensional analysis on relational database servers.

Orenburg BOARD M.I.T. (Site) - Programming free, integrated multi-dimensional database for fast information analysis and modeling.

JPivot (Site) - JPivot is a JSP custom tag library that renders an OLAP table and chart. Users can perform typical OLAP navigations like drill down, slice and dice. It uses Mondrian and XMLA as its OLAP engines.

Business Intelligence Technologies, Inc. (Site) - BIXL delivers data from Microsoft's SQL Server Analysis Server component, as well as other OLE DB for OLAP compliant cubes, right into Excel.

Dimensional Insight (Site) - Privately held company specializing in the development and marketing of multidimensional data visualization, analysis, and reporting software.

QlikTech International AB (Site) - QlikView provides fast, powerful and visual in-memory business analysis – without the limitations, cost or complexity of traditional BI tools. QlikView can be deployed in days and users trained in minutes.

MIK AG (Site) - Provides OLAP software and services for performance measurement.

Sight Software, Inc. (Site) - Pro/Sight Process Intelligence software combines the process analysis of Six Sigma statistical decision tools with the accessibility of Business Intelligence software.

Codework - 3-way TANGRAM (Site) - Desktop OLAP for Windows. Typical applications include sales analysis, marketing, and reporting, as well as budget and consolidation.

OlapX Software (Site) - OLAP multidimensional database creation and browsing tool that enables the interactive analysis, reporting and presentation of Microsoft Analysis Services databases.

Introduction to OLAP (Site) - Understanding OLAP technology by example.