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|  |  |  | Front-Ends (Web, Excel, Windows Client) |  | 
|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 1 | Microsoft | Analysis Services | Reporting Services | Pivot Tables (Excel) |  | BI Portal | DTS | SQL Server | Windows |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | OWC (Web) |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | Data Analyzer |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Office Accelerator for Excel |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|  |  |  | AS - 3rd Party Front-Ends |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | XLCubed |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | MIS Plain |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Intelligent Apps |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | BIXL |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Visual OLAP |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | O2OLAP |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | QBEX |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Business Query (B.Ob.) |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | ProClarity |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Panorama - Novaview |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Temtec - Executive Viewer |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | MIS onVision |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Cognos PowerPlay |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Crystal Analysis (B.Ob.) |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | WebIntelligence (B.Ob.) |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Business Objects |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | OutlookSoft |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Comshare (GEAC) |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | ReportPortal |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | OLAP Hub (SPSS) |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 2 | Hyperion | Essbase |  | Essbase Spreadsheet Services | Performance Scorecard |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Analyzer |  | Strategic Finance |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Enterprise Reporting - SQR |  | Business Modeling |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Intelligence |  | Financial management |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Planning | Enterprise |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Pillar | Metrics builder |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Reports |  |  |  | 
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|  |  |  |  | Essbase - 3rd Party Front-Ends |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Temtec - Executive Viewer |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Comshare (GEAC) |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Cognos PowerPlay |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Crystal Analysis (B.Ob.) |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | ShowCase Analyzer (SPSS) |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | QBEX |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | ReportPortal |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 3 | Cognos | PowerCubes | ReportNet |  |  | Visualizer | DecisionStream |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Query |  | Scorecard - Metrics Manager |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Cognos PowerPlay |  | NoticeCast |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | Cognos Planning |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Impromptu |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 4 | B.Ob. | Universes | Crystal Reports | Crystal Analysis (B.Ob.) |  | Crystal Enterprise | Data Integrator |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | WebIntelligence (B.Ob.) |  | Dashboard Manager |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Business Objects |  | Performance Manager |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Business Query (B.Ob.) |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 5 | SAP | SAP B/W |  |  |  | mySAP Business Suite |  |  |  |  | 
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|  |  |  | SAP - 3rd Party Front-Ends |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Temtec - Executive Viewer |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Cognos PowerPlay |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | Crystal Analysis (B.Ob.) |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 6 | MicroStrategy | OLAP Services | MicroStrategy Web |  | Customer Analysis |  | MicroStrategy 7i |  |  | 
|  |  |  | MicroStrategy Desktop |  | Financial Reporting Analysis |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | MicroStrategy MDX Adaptor |  | Human Resources Analysis |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | Sales Force Analysis |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | Sales & Distribution Analysis |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | Web Traffic Analysis |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | Narrowcast Server |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | Transactor |  |  |  | 
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|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 7 | Oracle | Oracle OLAP | Discoverer |  | Financials | Warehouse Builder | Oracle10g |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Reports |  | Human Resources |  |  |  | 
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|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 8 | TM1 | TM1 Server | TM1 Perspectives |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|  |  |  | TM1 - 3rd Party Front-Ends |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Temtec - Executive Viewer |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | Comshare (GEAC) |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | SPF Plus |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | OLAP Objects for TM1 |  |  |  |  |  | 
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|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 9 | MIS (Systems Union) | MIS Alea | Alea Excel Integration |  | Studio |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | MIS Plain |  | ImportMaster |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | MIS onVision | MIS Enterprise Planning |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  | MIS DeltaMiner |  | MIS Risk Manager |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | MIS Balanced Scorecard |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | MIS Zeus |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | MIS Package |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | SunSystems |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | Pegasus |  |  |  | 
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|  | Mkt Share | Company | OLAP | Reporting | Ad-hoc | Planning | Other Software | ETL | Relational DB | O/S |  | 
|  | 10 | Others |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
|  |  |  | PowerOLAP | Actuate |  | ERP/GL | Informatica | IBMDB2 | Linux | Query Language |  | Security Protocols |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | PeopleSoft (JD Edwards) |  |  | MDX |  | Active Directory |  | 
|  |  |  | Mondrian | Dynasight |  |  | Ascential DataStage | Teradata | Unix | SQL |  | LDAP |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (Sun Solaris) |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | CRM | Ab Initio | Sybase | (IBM AIX) |  |  | 
|  |  |  |  |  | Siebel |  | (HP UX) | Report Output Form |  |  | 
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