Online analytical processing databases speed up the multi-dimensional queries common in business intelligence applications.

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In the fog of the Big Data era, OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing) gets little mention from the press or the industry analysts. The reality is, OLAP is quite vital today for a simple reason: most ...

The new database adds a property graph data model to the existing capabilities of its NoSQL Database and Apache TinkerPop graph compute engine.

In the database management system market, we see two main paths to HTAP — you either add some “T” to an OLAP database, or more commonly we see OLTP databases being enhanced with some “A.” ...

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 third-largest OLAP vendor.

New version 4 of the BI + big data platform is based on Spark and Parquet, leverages machine learning and is optimized for cloud storage. It's available on the Azure Marketplace now and coming to ...

Seeking to meet enterprises need for more flexibility when analyzing internal and third-party data, Cognos is updating its PowerPlay OLAP server to deliver what officials say is more detailed yet ...

Microsoft Corp. and data analysis software vendor Hyperion Solutions Corp. yesterday announced plans for a joint XML-based technical specification aimed at providing a common way for users to ...

Octopai, a provider of metadata management automation for BI and analytics, is expanding support of OLAP cubes to enable organizations to understand their complete data flow. This move enriches and ...

Microsoft Corp. for the second year running wound up as the OLAP market share leader, according to The OLAP Report. The British research firm found Microsoft's 26.1 percent market share to be the ...