Check out http://www.jedox.com/en/home/overview.html http://www.jedox.com/en/home/overview.html You can download a free copy and install it on a server to see

Check out http://www.jedox.com/en/home/overview.html http://www.jedox.com/en/home/overview.html You can download a free copy and install it on a server to see what I mean. Jedox is an open source alternative to TM1 - they run on the support service model. Both Jedox and TM1 do in-memory cubes (think pivottables on steroids on even more steroids) that let you dice and slice large volumes of data very quickly. For a lot of co's, that's overkill, but a nice-to-have.