The OLAP Surveys are the largest independent, factual assessment of the
real-world experience of large numbers of OLAP users around the world.
Unlike most such surveys, they are not vendor sponsored, which means
that vendors did not influence the questions, the people surveyed or how
their responses are analyzed. They are run by Survey.com
(www.survey.com) and you can find out more about the previous editions
on http://www.survey.com/olap/.

Data is now being collected for The OLAP Survey 4, and if you are an
OLAP customer who has not already been invited directly, you have a
chance to provide feedback on your experiences. In return for your
participation, which should take up to about 15 minutes, you will
receive a summary of the research findings and will be entered into a
prize draw to win an HP iPAQ h2215 Pocket PC. All information provided
will be used in an aggregate form only and will be kept strictly
confidential. To participate, click on
http://www.survey.com/cgi-bin/olap4.pl?part=1&lin=q84ct

You can participate regardless of the OLAP product you use, but the
products that are being explicitly tracked include Applix TM1,
BusinessObjects, Cartesis Carat/Magnitude, Cognos PowerPlay, Cognos
Enterprise Planning (former Adaytum), Crystal Analysis, Hyperion
Essbase, Hyperion Intelligence (former Brio), Hyperion Financial
Management, Hyperion Planning, IBM DB2 OLAP Server, Informatica
PowerAnalyzer, Microsoft Analysis Services , MicroStrategy, MIK OLAP,
MIS Alea, Oracle Discoverer, Oracle Express (including OFA and OSA),
Oracle OLAP Option, Panorama NovaView, ProClarity, SAP BW, SAS/MDDB,
Showcase Strategy and Winterheller Professional Planner. We are also
tracking the client tools used with Analysis Services, Essbase and SAP
BW.

Nigel Pendse