There are some basic rules of thumb that can be applied to assist in this determination. But first it helps to look at the greater picture of OLAP compared to ROLAP. The ‘traditional’ OLAP engine ...

Ever since Dr Ted Codd, the inventor of the relational database management system, defined the characteristics of on-line analytical processing (OLAP) in a 1993 white paper, OLAP has been the de facto ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Unfortunately, the threshold for “slow” is really low, meaning that systems where queries ...

Sybase has dropped its Highgate project to develop an Olap engine. Instead, the company will adopt third-party technology from Micro Strategy. Sybase has turned to the supplier of Olap engines and ...

Businesses could stand to benefit greatly from using the web to make specialised databases available to all employees. Dennis Howlett looks at the pitfalls and possibilities. Making business ...