Microsoft Rocks the Business Industry
MS Press | at | by Mike
Microsoft Corp. continues to demonstrate its leadership in the business intelligence industry through record-breaking achievement last year in online analytical processing (OLAP), according to the 2001 OLAP Report. While companies such as Oracle Corp. and IBM Corp. lost momentum, Microsoft's percentage of the $3.3 billion industry almost doubled in 2001, growing from 11.7 percent to 21.3 percent. This was the fastest growth by any major OLAP vendor since publication of the first report in 1995. Led by Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft jumped from its third-place standing in 2000 to tie the 2000 winner for first place in 2001. Microsoft is expected to become the leader in 2002.