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Welcome to the first edition of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Newsletter! The purpose of this newsletter is to keep you informed and up to date on the latest news, resources, customer success stories and events related to Microsoft Business Intelligence. We hope that you find it to be a valuable resource and we encourage you to share it with your co-workers and peers who are interested in business intelligence. The newsletter is published every other month, so you can expect the next issue in early February. Happy Holidays and we hope you enjoy the newsletter!
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Check out the Latest Analyst Reports on Microsoft Business Intelligence!
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Microsoft® has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Data Management Systems, 2007.* Read the full report.
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Product News
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Experience the features and functionality of SQL Server in your environment. See Microsoft Office 2007 in action and experience the new BI functionality. Learn how Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 provides a complete set of performance management capabilities in one product.
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Access the November Community Technology Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 November CTP has several key innovations, from new Report Designer to prescriptive design interface for SQL Server Analysis Services along with several more. Download the latest CTP release here.
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Customer Success
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PREMIER Bankcard needed to enhance performance and scalability for its 10-terabyte data warehouse and its 1.5-terabyte online transaction processing (OLTP) databases. The Microsoft BI solution has provided the company with a number of benefits including a better view of corporate performance, enterprise-grade scalability, and easier database management. Read the full case study.
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Partners
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Microsoft makes it easy for you to become a business intelligence (BI) partner. There are two specializations that cover distinct components: a Business Intelligence specialization within the Data Management competency and a Performance Management specialization within the Information Worker competency. These specializations are designed to provide partners with training, guidance, communication, and skill certification on the entire Microsoft Business Intelligence offering.
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Visit the NEW Microsoft BI Partner Directory. You'll be able to search for Microsoft BI partners around the world who can help you with specific applications, or provide specific industry knowledge and expertise.
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Events
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SQL Server 2008 will be launching on 2/27/2008 along with Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008. This will be the one of the largest Microsoft product launches, with broad outreach to our IT Professionals and Developer audience. You can learn more about the products and participate in the launch through several online events from the portrait gallery, Student Film competition and registration for an event close to you. Get involved in the February 27th launch by visiting the Heroes Happen Here site.
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Learn more about PerformancePoint Server - Take a Training class in January
Hitachi Consulting is offering a series of public trainings in January on PerformancePoint Server.
Upcoming Webcasts
Register for upcoming Microsoft BI webcasts, and learn more about our BI solutions by viewing the most recent webcast recordings.
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Attend this webcast to understand how Microsoft is challenging our customers to "think bigger" about business intelligence, move beyond the rigid tools and applications they are using today, and utilize our integrated solution to provide an unbeatable combination of tools and applications that helps individuals, teams, and organizations reach their full potential.
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Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help organizations improve their business performance by integrating monitoring and analysis capabilities into one application. In this session, we examine the process by which companies review, evaluate, and manage performance across products and customers. We show you how to combine diverse data sources into a coherent data model to enable monitoring and analysis of exceptions through performance dashboards. Gain an understanding of challenges faced by businesses today, the monitoring and analytic process, and see how PerformancePoint Server 2007 supports this process.
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Resources
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Test the technology stack that can help you and your decision makers improve business performance at strategic, tactical and organizational levels.
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Learn more about SQL Server 2008 with learning resources that include Academy Live Webcasts, Data Sheets, Product Overviews, Technologies, White Papers, Webcasts and more. Partners click here for more information. Customers click here for the latest information.
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Make your decision a whole lot easier. Get tools that can help you gain insight into creating an integrated, cost-effective Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) solution.
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Resources
Make your decision a whole lot easier. Get tools that can help you gain insight into creating an integrated, cost-effective Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) solution.
Learn more about SQL Server 2008 with learning resources that include Academy Live Webcasts, Data Sheets, Product Overviews, Technologies, White Papers, Webcasts and more. Partners click here for more information. Customers click here for the latest information.
Visit the Microsoft Business Intelligence website to learn more about our solutions, products, learning opportunities and other great resources.
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*The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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