Ultimately, the chain's suppliers will be able to use World Wide Web browsers and the Internet to access the new Tandem data warehouse. OBI believes that the combination of speed in acquiring necessary data, together with the ability to rapidly access and work with this information will provide a significant market advantage. The technology behind OBI's new marketing application includes Tandem's database software running on a Tandem high-performance server. This provides the scalable parallel processing power to handle massive daily updates and large numbers of concurrent database queries against detailed data. The data warehouse is front-ended by the MicroStrategy DSS Server and DSS Web for functional decision support over the World Wide Web.
Users can access the data warehouse and analyze the data using industry-standard Web browsers.
MicroStrategy is a Tandem Decision Support Solutions Partner. Access to the new decision support application will be rolled out to the entire user base and selected suppliers over the next 12 months.