Table of Contents
Product Reviews
arcplan Enterprise
Cubeware Cockpit
Cognos Planning
Cognos 8 BI
IBI WebFOCUS
IBM Cognos TM1
IBM DB2 Cube Views
IBM Executive Viewer
Infor PM 10
Microsoft Gemini
Microsoft PerformancePoint Server
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services
Microsoft ProClarity
MicroStrategy
Essbase
Oracle SQR Production Reporting
Oracle HFM & Planning
Oracle Interactive Reporting
Oracle Express and the OLAP Option
Oracle BIEE+
Panorama NovaView
QlikTech QlikView
SAP Crystal Reports
SAP Cartesis Performance Suite
SAP BPC
SAP BW
SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Xcelsius
SAP BusinessObjects XI
SAP Profitability and Cost Management
Tableau
Targit Analysis
Tibco Spotfire
Factbases
arcplan Enterprise
Cognos 8 BI
IBI WebFOCUS
IBM TM1
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Dashboard Designer
Microsoft Reporting Services
MicroStrategy
Oracle SQR Production Reporting
Oracle Hyperion Planning
Oracle Interactive Reporting
Oracle BIEE+
QlikTech QlikView
SAP BEx Analyzer
SAP Crystal Reports
SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Xcelsius
SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
SAP BusinessObjects XI
Customer Verdicts
Actuate BIRT
arcplan Enterprise
Bissantz Deltamaster
BOARD MIT
Cubeware Cockpit
IBM Cognos Analysis
IBM TM1
IBM Cognos Reporting
Infor PM OLAP
IBI WebFOCUS
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Microsoft Excel PivotTables
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services
MicroStrategy
MIK solution+
Essbase
Oracle BIEE+
Panorama NovaView
QlikTech QlikView
SAP Crystal Reports
SAP BW
SAP BusinessObjects XI
Targit Analysis
KPI Dashboards
Root KPIs
Business Benefits Index KPI Dashboard
Goal achievement, adjusted for age KPI Dashboard
Competitive win rate KPI Dashboard
Selection based on product factors KPI Dashboard
Prevalence rates in multi-product sites KPI Dashboard
Standardization preferences KPI Dashboard
Intention to buy more licenses KPI Dashboard
Discontinued usage rates KPI Dashboard
Proportion of employees using product KPI Dashboard
Range of applications deployed KPI Dashboard
Number of departments served KPI Dashboard
Deployed seats KPI Dashboard
Data volumes (log) KPI Dashboard
Cost of Ownership Index KPI Dashboard
Deployed seats per administrator head KPI Dashboard
Implemented within three months KPI Dashboard
Product-related problems KPI Dashboard
Product-related deterrents to wider deployment KPI Dashboard
Product reliability KPI Dashboard
Product support quality KPI Dashboard
Query performance complaints KPI Dashboard
Query performance, adjusted for data volumes KPI Dashboard
Data latency, adjusted for data volumes KPI Dashboard
Data latency as a deterrent to wider deployment KPI Dashboard
Web deployment (>50 percent Web) KPI Dashboard
Extranets deployed KPI Dashboard
Aggregated KPIs
Aggregated Business achievement KPIs
Aggregated Costs KPIs
Aggregated Scalability KPIs
Aggregated Quality and support KPIs
Aggregated Performance KPIs
Aggregated Web KPIs
Overall KPI score
Analyses
Understanding BI
What is OLAP?
Storing multidimensional data
Database explosion
Semantic Metadata in Reporting Tools
Relational Databases
Business Intelligence and Web Front-ends
Advice to users
How not to buy a BI product
Top 21 tips for BI success
Commentary: Business Intelligence competency centers
Commentary: Proof of Concept
Commentary: Good things come to those who DON'T wait
Commentary: Choose a product — not a vendor
Understanding the Market
The BI Market Segment Guide
Consolidations in the BI Industry
FAQ: Open source BI/OLAP
OLAP benchmarks
Commentary: What in-memory BI 'revolution'?
OLAP Market share analysis
A dozen 'Next Big Things' that didn't happen
Key findings from The BI Survey 8
Companies and Strategies
The product strategy of SAP/Business Objects
Oracle+Hyperion
Oracle's BI product strategy
The Product Strategy of SAS
Commentary: Hyperion Solutions merger problems
Commentary: Project Gemini — Microsoft's Brilliant OLAP Trojan Horse
Commentary: The false dawn of Microsoft PerformancePoint Planning
Commentary: Panorama's bumpy road from Microsoft to Google
Commentary: The OLAP Revival
Mini Product Reviews