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Foreword
I must admit, when I was rst asked to write the foreword for this book I was deeply hon-
ored. However, a glimpse at the list of authors quickly replaced most of the feeling of honor
with intimidation, cold sweat, and involuntary shaking. Do not get me wrong, I have been
working with multidimensional databases and technologies for 15 years now, doing every-
thing from implementing solutions to innovating new products, but writing a foreword
to an Essbase book by 12 hard-core Essbase professionals that are either acknowledged
Essbase gurus or certied Oracle ACEs? I’m probably in over my head this time.
A promise is a promise, so with shaking hands I started reading the book (there was
not much of an actual book at the time, just a ...