SSAS, Cognos Power Play, and Hyperion Essbase are OLAP tools that provide: - Load balancing, clustering, and failover recovery capabilities. - Support for MOLAP, ROLAP, and offline cubes. - Common query languages including MDX, XMLA, and OLEDB for OLAP. - Features such as hierarchies, KPIs, actions, and security at the cell and dimensional levels. - Support for Windows, Linux, and UNIX operating systems. - Performance capabilities including partitioning and usage-based optimization.