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• End-user friendly

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• Users are comfortable with web-browsers & Excel; why have another front-end application?
• The same functionality can be done with an Excel add-in more cheaply

Other

• http://www.cognos.com/products/powerplay/index.html
• OLAP platforms (Analysis Services, Essbase, SAP B/W, Cognos PowerCubes)

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