Re: Alterian

Thanks Nigel. Your reply has cleared a few things up for me.

Can you list a few suppliers of COP databases please. Search engines are
struggling with the Column-Oriented
Technology description.

thanks

Ian

"Nigel Pendse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> CBAT is Alterian's name for I what prefer to call Column-Oriented
> Technology, or COP.  It's not a methodology but a type of optimised
> database. Alterian's implementation is proprietary and unique, but there
are
> a number of other COP products available that do a similar job. So, to
> answer you question, you can buy other databases based on similar
> principles, but they won't describe themselves as CBAT as that's
Alterian's
> own name.
>
> You can think of COP as being a category of high-performance products that
> are used for the analysis of large volumes of transaction information, in
> the same way as MOLAP is used for the analysis of multidimensional data.
> Both categories use special, highly-optimised databases that, for the
> particular apps for which they are intended, are far faster and more
> functional than general-purpose alternatives such as relational databases.
> But this doesn't man that COP and MOLAP are rhe same thing.
>
>
> "IanS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Question for you.
> >
> > Alterian uses the CBAT database methodology.
> >
> > Does Alterian own this methodology or can you actually purchase a
> > database with this ability?
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
> > "Nigel Pendse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> "John Halpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >>> Anyone out there used Alterian? If so what are the key benefits
> >>> compared to B.Objects and Cognos?
> >>
> >> Alterian doesn't compete with OLAP tools like PowerPlay, etc. The
> >> only BO product that sort-of competes with Alterian is Set Analyzer.
> >>
> >> I describe Alterian as one of a group of column-oriented processing
> >> products that does high-speeed filtering and set analysis of
> >> detailed data, which is the opposite to OLAP. With COP products, you
> >> analyse then aggregate, whereas with OLAP, you analyse aggregates
> >> and occasionally drill to detail. Both are useful, but you don't use
> >> them for the same apps and there's no point comparing products from
> >> one group with the other.
>
>