that provides a multidimensional database platform upon which to build analytic applications.
Essbase, whose name derives from "Extended Spread Sheet dataBASE",
began as a product of Arbor Software, which merged with Hyperion Software in 1998.
Oracle Corporation acquired Hyperion Solutions in 2007, as of 2009 it markets Essbase as "Oracle Essbase".
Until late 2005 IBM also marketed the product — as DB2 OLAP Server("on-line analytical processing").
