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Business Intelligence

Tough times call for tough decisions

Tight budgets and economic conditions, compliancy requirements, and community expectations for service improvements are creating a challenging environment. If you’re trying to assess where savings can be made or staff redeployed to make better use of limited resources, Microsoft’s Business Intelligence (BI) solutions can help.

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Gartner rates Microsoft BI
The 2008 magic quadrant puts Microsoft business intelligence squarely among the leading solutions

Resources

Business Information

Make the case

Information management
A slideshow by Queensland Government Statistician Peter Crossman on information management in government and the implications for performance data (PDF 8.3MB)
Performance management
An analyst report by Capgemini outlines how the intelligent enterprise delivers performance management. (PDF 460KB)
Data at your fingertips
Australia's Debra Greenfield showcases the type of data you can put at employees' fingertips with business intelligence (PDF 11.5MB)

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Technical Information

Get your head around it

Business Intelligence at a glance
This data sheet provides a visual of Microsoft Business Intelligence in an environment plus a technology solutions overview (PDF 520KB)
Virtual lab
Try out Microsoft's business intelligence technology stack which is built to help improve business performance at strategic, tactical, and organisational levels.
BI and maps – Virtual Earth (demo)
See how you can combine BI with maps and GIS data for compelling insights.
Unifying data storage and access
Read how Microsoft SQL Server 2008 can unify data storage and access, building and managing sophisticated BI solutions and extending their reach. (DOC 164KB)

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