Comshare Endorses Microsoft's OLE DB for OLAP.ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1997--Comshare(R), Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSRE CSRE Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity CSRE Closed System Respirator Evaluator ), The Decision Support Company(R), the market leader in performance measurement applications for businesses around the world, announced its support for Microsoft's OLE DB (OLE DataBase) A programming interface for data access from Microsoft. It is a COM object that functions in a similar manner to ODBC, but for every type of data source, not just SQL databases. for OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. API specification. The Comshare Application Architecture, the three-tier basis for Comshare's applications, will include the extensions as a component of its application server. "Support for Microsoft's OLE DB for OLAP strengthens our product line," said Dave King, senior vice president of development. "Comshare is the only vendor able to investigate and recommend the most appropriate OLAP database for the customer's needs, whether it's Express, Essbase, TM1 or now potentially, any database that supports the new OLE DB for OLAP standard." Although many vendors are likely to provide desktops and solutions that will support the new API New API (also referred to as NAPI) is an interface to use interrupt mitigation techniques for networking devices in the Linux kernel. Such an approach is intended to reduce the overhead of packet receiving. , Comshare's "no compromise" approach is unique. Comshare's application server, residing between a database and the client, will support the new API standard, delivering the capabilities needed for successful performance measurement applications, whatever the underlying database, regardless whether it is delivered in the traditional client/server or over an Intranet. OLE DB for OLAP is part of Microsoft's universal data access strategy, providing a single, object-oriented access method for a wide range of data stores. "Comshare has long been a leader in the decision support and analytic application market, and we are very enthusiastic about their support of the new API" said Joe Brown, Microsoft product manager, data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse . "Comshare's support further enhances the broad use and acceptance of OLE DB for OLAP." About Comshare Comshare is The Decision Support Company. Comshare develops, markets, and supports complete client/server and web-based decision support applications. Comshare's software applications are designed to improve business analysis, planning, and operations for effective decision making, enhanced competitiveness, and improved profits. Comshare's application software is popular among major corporations in many industries, with particular concentration in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , utilities, manufacturing, energy, services, retail and consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and industries. One of the top 100 independent software companies, Comshare has customers worldwide, many of which are Fortune 1000 and Financial Times Top 1000 companies. Comshare, Inc. is a Microsoft Solution Provider. For more information, call 1-800-922-7979, or visit Comshare's Web site at http://www.comshare.com . Comshare and The Decision Support Company are registered trademarks of Comshare, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. EDITOR'S NOTE: There is an "at" symbol following "dhockstad" and "larry" in the e-mail addresses below. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Comshare, Inc. Doug Hockstad, 313/994-6036 dhockstad@comshare.com or Eiler Communications Larry T. Eiler, 313/761-3399 larry@eilerpr.com |
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