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Analyst Reports

Find out what analyst are saying about SQL Server business intelligence (BI) innovations and market momentum.

•Comparing Business Intelligence Platforms

Find out which OLAP product best fits your needs. Review this white paper to learn about the differences between SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services, IBM DB2 OLAP Server 8.1, and Hyperion Essbase 6.5.

•Compare Microsoft .NET to J2EE Technology

Review extensive materials designed to help you compare .NET and J2EE application server technologies, including downloadable whitepapers, benchmark comparisons, and sample source code.

•Compare .NET Pet Shop Performance and Scalability to the Sun Java Pet Store

See how Microsoft .NET technology—including Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET, the Microsoft .NET Framework, and SQL Server 2000 running the Microsoft .NET Pet Shop—is ten times faster than the March 2002 Oracle benchmark for Java Pet Store.

•A Comparison of Data Warehousing Strategies and Product Offerings

Read this white paper by Green Hill Analysis to find out how SQL Server 2000 compares to IBM DB2 and Oracle.

•Hyperion and Microsoft Tie for First Place in the Low-Growth 2001 OLAP Market

See why The OLAP Report estimates that Microsoft will own the largest share of the online analytical processing (OLAP) market.

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