Thank you for your thoughts MF. I don't disagree with anything that you've said. We are looking at using data modules and data sets to see if they will fit the 'bill'. We have looked at dynamic cubes, but have come to the conclusion that they may not be what we are looking for.
One of the main reasons that we are looking at continuing to use power cubes is that our folks know how to build and support them relatively easily, and our clients need a quick turn around on some of the new work that they are requesting.
We are trying to weigh out whether or not it is worth pushing back on the client's timeline in order to investigate and implement using a new technology, and if we had some sort of official work from IBM, it might help to make that decisions. The more I have dug into it over the past 24 hours or so, it seems that IBM is going to continue to support Transformer and the use of PowerCubes (in their current form) for several years to come (they typically give at least 18 - 24 months of warning before retiring a product, and there is no indication of such yet).
Gordon