Re: On what OLAP can and what OLAP can't

<< That is potentially a very useful piece of information! I'd like to be able
 to quote that with proper attribution. Can you point us to the original
 source?>>
Sure...That's also my first thought...

My source of information is an IDC study demanded by Embarcadero (db integration software) that had access to, while on an auditing mission for Embarcadero as a freelance. Give me some time to get you the exact source. Here's what I read (I am however bound to a confidentiality agreement with Embarcadero which prevents me from making the document available to public)... Let me just give some pointers...

> Incorrect data costs up to 20% of revenues of an average company (Thomas C. Redman, Ph.D )
> Data integration represents 70% of average IS budget (IDC)
> Up to 50% of operators is used to get the right data under correct format(IDC)
> Total cost of storage may reach 50% of budget in the next years (Vacca 2002)

Slightly off boundaries of data management
> 58% of people asked declare the main problem in a security perspective is managing the unuseful complexity of systems (Information Week).

Roy Hann wrote:
> "Cimode" <cimode_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1157711081.969232.236520_at_i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...

> That is potentially a very useful piece of information! I'd like to be able
> to quote that with proper attribution. Can you point us to the original
> source?
>
> Roy
Received on Fri Sep 08 2006 - 06:55:45 CDT