Online analytical processing (OLAP) databases are purpose-built for handling analytical queries. Analytical queries run on online transaction-processing (OLTP) databases often take a long time to ...

In the fog of the Big Data era, OLAP (On-line Analytical Processing) gets little mention from the press or the industry analysts. The reality is, OLAP is quite vital today for a simple reason: most ...

A database used for analytical processing in contrast to daily transaction processing. Rather than the row and column 2D format used by relational databases, OLAP databases store data in a 3D format, ...

The new distributed graph architecture promises unified transactional and analytical processing, enabling enterprises to scale real-time decision-making for autonomous workflows. Graph database ...

Recent advances in OLAP query recommendations and user interaction are transforming the way data is explored and analysed. Traditional OLAP systems, long reliant on standard roll-up and drill-down ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. In our voyages from software conference to software conference, we technology journalists often find stories that ...