Daman Incorporated: OLAP Overview

<BODY TEXT="black" BGCOLOR="white" LINK="#006666" ALINK="#003333" VLINK="#009999" background="../../images/bk_teal_corp.gif"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="611"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="149" VALIGN="TOP"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="138"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><a href="../solutions_mov.html" target="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></a></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><A HREF="../solutions_org.html" target="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/but_sol_org0.gif" WIDTH="138" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" ALT="Data Warehousing" BORDER="0"></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><a href="olap_overview.htm" target="_top"><img src="../images/but_sol_mda1.gif" width="138" height="40" align="BOTTOM" alt="Multi-dimensional Analysis" border="0"></a></TD> </TR> <tr> <td><img src="../../images/arrw_teal_corp.gif" width="17" height="10" border="0"></td> <td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1"><a href="olap_overview.htm" target="_top">OLAP Overview</a></font></td> </tr> <tr height="6"> <td height="6"><img src="../../images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td> <td height="6"><img src="../../images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1"><a href="olap_app.htm" target="_top">Applications of OLAP</a></font></td> </tr> <tr height="6"> <td height="6"><img src="../../images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td> <td height="6"><img src="../../images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1"><a href="olap_expertise.htm" target="_top">Daman's OLAP Expertise</a></font></td> </tr> <tr height="6"> <td height="6"><img src="../../images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td> <td height="6"><img src="../../images/clearpixel.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td> </tr> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2"><A HREF="../ebusiness/ebusiness.htm" target="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/but_sol_port0.gif" WIDTH="138" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" ALT="Portals and Web-enabled Solutions" BORDER="0"></A></TD> </TR> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="../solutions_mov.html" target="_top"><img src="../../images/but_sol_ei0.gif" width="138" height="35" border="0" alt="Enterprise Integration"></a></td> </tr> <TR> <TD WIDTH="17"><a href="olap_overview.htm" target="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></a></TD> <TD WIDTH="121"><a href="../ebusiness/ebusiness.htm" target="_top"><IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="121" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></a></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD> <TD WIDTH="12"> </TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"> <P><font size="3" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" color="#006666"><b>Ride The Information Tidal Wave With An OLAP Solution</b></font><br> <B><font size="1" color="#003333"><br> </font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1" color="#666666">Modern technology has created an information tidal wave. Will you ride the wave? Or will you be wiped out by it? If you don't know the answer, you are probably missing the wave.</font><font color="#003333" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1"><br> <br> </font></B><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1">Contemporary business is producing ever-increasing amounts of data. This data comes from transactions with customers. It comes from events created during internal business processes. It comes from informal data not maintained in centrally managed databases, but which is nonetheless integral to comprehensive analysis. The data explosion is compounded each year as new, disparate collection systems are deployed.<br> <br> </font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1">Companies overwhelmed by the information tidal wave are increasingly deploying multi-dimensional analysis techniques. There are two primary reasons why these companies are using Business Intelligence and especially OLAP technology: 1) to better understand their customers; and, 2) to gain insight on how business processes can be improved to effectively support their needs.<br> <br> </font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1">Analysts naturally view the business in a multi-dimensional manner. For example, an analyst may need to look at revenue for sales to customers, by product, by region, over time. OLAP provides a framework to organize data in a model that resembles the analyst's understanding of the business. This enables the analyst to understand, navigate and manipulate the information easily and more intuitively than they can with traditional relationship databases.<br> <br> </font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1">An OLAP server is ideally suited to handle complex, cross-dimensional calculations, which is important to the analyst relying on derived data. This allows for storage of pre-calculated data at numerous granular and hierarchical intersections, ensuring quick query response times. <br> <br> </font><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="1">Companies using OLAP respond more quickly to market changes. They are able to rapidly analyze trends and correlations pertinent to their business operations. This understanding enables them to adapt their products and processes quickly and frequently. Simply put: they have the insight to make products suitable and convenient for specific target customer groups or individuals. <br> </font> <P><B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#666666" FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"></FONT></B> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="149"><IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="138" HEIGHT="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="12"><IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="309"><IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="309" HEIGHT="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD WIDTH="20"><IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></TD> <TD><IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="125" HEIGHT="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="608"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="25"> </TD> <TD COLSPAN="3"> <CENTER> <P> <HR ALIGN="CENTER" SIZE="1" NOSHADE> <BR> <A HREF="../../index.html" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1">home</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="1" > | </FONT><A HREF="../../aboutus.html" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1">about us</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="1"> | </FONT><A HREF="../../solutions.html" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1">solutions</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="1"> | </FONT><A HREF="../../products.html" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1">products</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="1"> | </FONT><A HREF="../../partners.html" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1" >partners</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="1"> | </FONT><A HREF="../../clients.html" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1">clients</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="1"> | </FONT><A HREF="../../careers/home.html" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1">careers</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="1"> | </FONT><A HREF="../../contact.html" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1">contact us</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="1"> | </FONT><A HREF="../../search.htm" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1">search</FONT></A><A HREF="../../sitemap.html" target="_top"><FONT SIZE="1" ><BR> </FONT></A><FONT SIZE="1"><IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"></FONT> </CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="25" VALIGN="BOTTOM"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="121" VALIGN="TOP"> <P ALIGN="RIGHT"><IMG SRC="../../images/logo_sm.gif" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="12"> </TD> >Texas</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="white">.</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#666666">78746 tel(512)329-6646,</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="white">.</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#666666">fax(512)329-0767<BR> <IMG SRC="../../images/clearpixel.gif" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="5" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0"><BR> </FONT><I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#999999">© Copyright 1999-2003, Daman Incorporated. 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