tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post6331828680649120014..comments2023-07-12T23:51:00.904-07:00Comments on The ElastiCube Chronicles: Is Microsoft Admitting that Analysis Services is not Fit for the Mid-Market?Elad Israelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07558330790219988349noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-19337178486190028652010-11-18T14:19:12.004-08:002010-11-18T14:19:12.004-08:00I think it's because the OLAP front-end tool s...I think it's because the OLAP front-end tool space has been stagnant for a long time, and ProClarity were just as happy to sell as Microsoft were to buy. Even though they had over 20% of the OLAP front end market, they still had a hard time growing.<br /><br />Whatever Microsoft paid for ProClarity wasn't enough to be considered high risk for Microsoft, so they gave it a try with PerformancePoint and killed it when it didn't work out.<br /><br />Sadly, it's a simple as that.Elad Israelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039349385755633029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-53029113158792675992010-11-18T10:32:07.330-08:002010-11-18T10:32:07.330-08:00I have been working with ProClarity BI tool and An...I have been working with ProClarity BI tool and Analysis Server/SSAS for 12 years now. I have to say every now and then Microsoft does some dumb things that even a 5th grade student will not do. They purchased ProClarity (god know for how many millions) and killed it. <br /><br />Well, they are using very small parts of ProClarity on that stupid PPS. No one were interested in buying PPS, so they dumped it and now they are calling it SharePoint 2010 with analytics. <br /><br />Now they have realeased another donkey called “PowerPivot” and claims it’s a horse that can run 100mph. I am very sorry to say it is not even as fast as the regular pivot table connected to SSAS. So every 12 to 18 months they design some stupid software and expect customers to buy them. <br /><br />In my 12 years of experience, I have not seen one tool in the market that works as good as ProClarity. So why did MS buy it and kill it? No one knows....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-89567092376262036982010-11-15T09:18:49.776-08:002010-11-15T09:18:49.776-08:00Clariice,
In my opinion, OLAP has no future and t...Clariice,<br /><br />In my opinion, OLAP has no future and there is no doubt in my mind that the clock has begun to count down on Analysis Services, at least in its current form.<br /><br />I've been feeling this way for a while. For example, see my interview on TDWI back in December 2009:<br /><br />http://tdwi.org/articles/2009/12/09/qa-bi-technology-holds-special-promise-for-smbs.aspx?sc_lang=en<br /><br />That is not to say that Microsoft won't use this brand in the future, but it will require deep level re-design and a completely new positioning strategy.<br /><br />EladElad Israelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039349385755633029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-85455249655480532092010-11-15T06:04:25.212-08:002010-11-15T06:04:25.212-08:00I just found this article recently - http://blogs....I just found this article recently - http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/11/12/analysis-services-roadmap-for-sql-server-denali-and-beyond.aspx<br /><br />Doesnt it seem to indicate otherwise - that AS still has some way to go?Clariicehttp://ironisch.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-20640208305513745482010-08-13T09:13:50.148-07:002010-08-13T09:13:50.148-07:00there is absolutely nothing wrong it. on the cont...there is absolutely nothing wrong it. on the contrary. I am not sure how big of an impact PP would have on the wealth of information but AS has definitely reached a dead end. Microsoft implicitly/unintentionally admitting it is what's interesting to me from a market perspective.Elad Israelihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14039349385755633029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489991802309187017.post-28158913406889840442010-08-13T08:52:55.935-07:002010-08-13T08:52:55.935-07:00What's wrong with letting people who are not I...What's wrong with letting people who are not ITS create their own BI? It will create cubes for IT that never could have made before due to time constraints and it will only add to the wealth of information available.pnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185705118952916838noreply@blogger.com