Using data driven insights to improve the decision-making process has been one of the biggest trends in the mining industry over the past few years and it will continue to be a strategic priority for ...

OLAP (online analytical processing) is a computing method that enables users to easily and selectively extract and query data in order to analyze it from different points of view. OLAP business ...

Online analytical processing (OLAP) databases are purpose-built for handling analytical queries. Analytical queries run on online transaction-processing (OLTP) databases often take a long time to ...

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 popularity of Microsoft Excel has never waned. Today, a whopping 1.1 billion users globally rely on it for multidimensional analysis in areas such as "scenario planning, supply chain optimization, ...

OLAP users want to create reports from multidimensional data and, conversely, report consumers want all the traffic-light displays and highly visual analysis that once was reserved for OLAP. Vendors ...

Silicon Valley startup Kyvos Insights today emerged from stealth mode, trumpeting a new way for ordinary business users to conduct Big Data analytics. Adding a slight twist to the dozens of similar ...

(May 1, 2002) IBM tomorrow will unveil a new version of its DB2 OLAP Server system that insiders say incorporates both data mining and data analysis technology. Officials say the new technology will ...

You may be tired of hearing about yet another decision support technology, but Olap is one you can?t afford to ignore for long. Clive Couldwell explains why DON?T be fooled by the name. Olap, or ...