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Cartesis 10 Review released
Our Cartesis review has now been fully updated to cover Cartesis Performance Suite 10. From its roots in financial reporting and consolidation, Cartesis has positioned itself as an integrated BPM vendor with the introduction of Cartesis Planning and Cartesis Analytics to the suite.

For more information on this new 29-page review by Nigel Pendse, including a sneak preview, click here. OLAP Report subscribers can access the full review here

New Commentary:
'Good things come to those who DON'T wait'
Changing requirements and technologies can turn any IT project into a multi-million dollar money pit. Using supporting evidence from The OLAP Survey 6, Dr Carsten Bange argues that the success of each project ultimately depends on the speed of implementation. Click here to read the full article.

Business Objects to acquire Cartesis
Hot on the heels of Oracle's acquisition of Hyperion, Business Objects this week announced its intention to acquire Cartesis in a EUR 225M (USD 300M) deal. Nigel Pendse offers his observations on the news, and on Business Objects' recent acquisition strategy in general. Click here to read the commentary.

The OLAP Survey 6 - available now
The OLAP Survey 6 is the world's largest independent survey of business intelligence/OLAP users. Discover from real-world evidence why organizations select OLAP products, what they do with them, and with what success. Areas such as query performance, implementation issues and web deployment are examined closely. The report also contains individual and detailed analysis on 13 market-leading OLAP products including Microsoft Analysis Services, Essbase, Cognos Analysis (Cognos 8 or PowerPlay), BusinessObjects and SAP BW. For more information, and to download a free 26-page preview of the findings from The OLAP Survey 6, click here

OLAP Market Shares 2006 - final figures
Unchanged from the provisional figures announced last month, the 2006 OLAP market shares have now been finalized. There are no changes from 2005 in the top 6 vendor positions. Click here to read our findings.

OLAP Report subscribers can click here to access an additional top ten vendor-by-vendor market performance commentary for 2006 by Nigel Pendse.

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