IBM Cognos PowerPlay

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The Value of Analysis
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Learn about:

• The evolution of OLAP.
• Why it continues to dominate the analysis realm.
• How the marketplace is changing.
• The role Cognos, an IBM company, plays in that marketplace.

The OLAP Survey 4 is one of the most comprehensive reviews of this technology—looking at customer perceptions and intentions, customer issues, and how vendors fare with the products they offer. This summary captures its broad themes, in particular, those of interest to someone considering OLAP to solve a business issue. Therefore, it draws on the survey to provide information about:

• The benefits current users see with OLAP.
• Current user applications of OLAP.
• Most common data sources and OLAP products chosen.
• Customer problems and issues.
• Buyer loyalty.

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IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay

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The world's best-selling OLAP solution is now available on the IBM Cognos 8 BI platform. Read how to protect your PowerPlay deployments as you migrate while enhancing the value of your reports using the IBM Cognos 8 BI professional reporting environment.

Why Move to IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay

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The world's best-selling OLAP solution is now available on the IBM Cognos 8 BI platform. Read how to protect your PowerPlay deployments as you migrate while enhancing the value of your reports using the IBM Cognos 8 BI professional reporting environment.

IBM Cognos PowerPlay Version 7.3

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Learn more about the multidimensional analysis and OLAP software features of IBM Cognos PowerPlay 7.3 for: User interface basics. Advanced exploration. Enhancements to your data cube.

Using OLAP to Improve Your Performance: A Summary the OLAP Survey 4 Results

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The OLAP Survey 4 is one of the most comprehensive reviews of this technology—looking at customer perceptions and intentions, customer issues, and how vendors fare with the products they offer. This summary captures its broad themes, in particular, those of interest to someone considering OLAP to solve a business issue.

Cognos' BI Solutions Create Smarter Decision-Making at the University of Minnesota

Success Story

Learn how Cognos helped University of Minnesota identify $5 million in unbilled tuition and increase revenues since 2000 to over $187 million annually.

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