Reporting Tools

Business Intelligence (BI) and Reporting Tools

These Tools range from the low-end of the scale (eg Free !) to Enterprise Solutions costing $250,000 and up. Commentary is provided by this extract from a discussion on the OLAP Google User Group.

A List of some BI and Reporting Tools

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Access	Cheap and Cheerful from Microsoft.
BIXL	Printed Reports from OLAP.
Brio	A BI product acquired by Hyperion in 2003.
Business Objects	Probably the market leader in Business Intelligence software.
Cognos	A heavyweight contender in the Business Intelligence arena.
Crystal Reports	Very affordable (with a Free Trial) from Business Objects.
IntelligentApps	Printed Reports from OLAP.
O2O OLAP	Extends Microsoft Analysis Services (OLAP) and SQL Server.
Oracle 9i OLAP	Does everything in the Server.
Visual OLAP	Printed Reports from OLAP.
Web Focus	From Information Builders.
XL Cubed	Printed Reports from OLAP.
Vendors of Cubes for MS Analysis Services ...
CIP
ComShare
OutlookSoft
Other interesting Links ...
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