Another new author! Gheorge shares some ideas about importing event logs and using OLAP to analyze the results. Not a bad idea at all. How many of use OLAP as often as we should? Read the article, see if it's something you want to try - and let Gheorge know what you think!   Read more...

Dinesh does a good write up on research he did investigating the BI market and doing a feature comparison between Oracle 9i and SQL 2000. Simple bullet point format, worth a look.   Read more...

This article written by Don Church discusses how to optimize your cubes schema, its worth a read.   Read more...

In this article by new columnist Alexzander Nepomnjashiy (Sasha), he explores some of the problems with Data Warehousing and how OLAP solves those problems.   Read more...

Creating even the simplest of cubes has its pitfalls. This article by Daniel Gallager steers you through the sometimes treacherous world of OLAP.   Read more...

With Data Analyzer—the brand-new Office data analysis solution—you can quickly and easily view, analyze, and share business data, giving you the power to make better business decisions.  Read more...

Microsoft has the #1 OLAP product according to a new survey from Survey.com   Read more...

Amir Netz is one of the true OLAP and SQL Server gurus at Microsoft. If you ever get the chance to see him speak, go. This is one of his articles examining OLAP services.   Read more...

In SQL Server 2000, Microsoft has closed the gap between its multidimensional database offering, OLAP Services, and the rest of the market place.   Read more...