A database used for analytical processing in contrast to daily transaction processing. Rather than the row and column 2D format used by relational databases, OLAP databases store data in a 3D format, ...

Before the era of big data, there was the era of business intelligence (BI). It was based on many of the same tenets, but focused more on formal data models and analysis of data at a summarized level.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cambridge Semantics, the leading provider of big data management and enterprise analytics software, today released its 2019 AnzoGraph Benchmark Report that arms organizations ...

Microsoft offers an array of OLAP APIs for developing top-notch dedicated OLAP applications, adding OLAP functionality to your existing apps, and more. Examine ADO MD.NET for OLAP data access, ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio’s latest report on the global in-memory OLAP database market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020.

In a bid to expand its charter beyond the transactional database realm, MariaDB Inc. is extending the capabilities of its open source relational database with online analytic processing (OLAP) ...

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At the recent DCI Data Warehouse Conference, Steve Ballmer, executive vice president, Microsoft, hinted at Microsoft's strategy entering the Olap market. Speculation on the street is that Microsoft ...

On Dec. 11, 1998, NASA launched the Mars Climate Orbiter to gather data on the Martian climate. On Sept. 23, 1999, the orbiter was lost due to a data error. One piece ...

IBM is rolling out a tool that it said combines online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining capabilities in one application, giving users the ability to do in-depth analyses not before ...