Teradata does MDX
Another major BI vendor supports MDX: the Teradata OLAP Connector is an OLEDB for OLAP Provider for Teradata’s new ROLAP tool (for more information search for the Teradata Business Intelligence Optimizer). Here’s the press release:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/teradata-olap-connector-enriches-direct-excel-connectivity-enhancing-enterprise-and-real-time-analytics-101075004.html
It’s a boost for MDX as a cross-platform language; I wouldn’t be surprised if other vendors did something similar.
UPDATE: I thought I detected the hand of Simba at work here:
http://www.simba.com/news/Simba-Builds-Custom-ROLAP-BI-Solution-for-Teradata.htm
[...] is being so widely copied by its competitors. After all this product, which sounds similar to what Teradata released last year and what’s possible with Oracle Exadata – all possible through the efforts of Simba – is what [...]
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