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Microsoft Moves to Bring Business Intelligence to the Masses with SharePoint
January 27, 2009
Microsoft unveils changes to the company's business intelligence strategy by incorporating Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 features into Office SharePoint Server helping fulfill the mission of bringing BI to the masses and set Microsoft apart from many of the BI vendors that require the purchase of specialized applications.
TechNewsWorld: 'Just Do It in Excel'
January 08, 2009
While enterprises tend to dedicated business intelligence software, many users migrate the data to a spreadsheet application. Microsoft is now bringing business intelligence functions to Excel, a step users might welcome.
ComputerWorld: Microsoft's (un)secret weapon for winning the BI battle
October 07, 2008
Ubiquitous Excel to be tied more closely to SQL Server and back-end BI tools.
ComputerWorld: Microsoft scales out SQL Server 2008, wants to 'democratize BI'
October 06, 2008
Microsoft Corp. today said it will take its SQL Server 2008 database into the large data warehousing market by 2010 as it integrates technology from recently acquired DATAllegro Inc.
TechTarget: New SQL Server BI features could cut IT chores
October 06, 2008
Microsoft said its next release of SQL Server will add self-service reporting and analysis tools so more end users can have access to corporate business intelligence, without the need for IT intervention.
CRN: Microsoft Lays Out Roadmap For Next Rev Of SQL Server
October 06, 2008
Microsoft will ship the next release of its SQL Server database, code named "Kilimanjaro," in the first half of 2010 under a timetable the company will announce Monday at its second annual business intelligence conference.
TDWI: Microsoft Convenes Second Annual BI Conference
October 06, 2008
This week, Microsoft Corp. is hosting its second annual Business Intelligence (BI) conference in its own backyard—Seattle.
InformationWeek: Microsoft Reveals Plans for 'Kilimanjaro' SQL Server
October 06, 2008
PerformancePoint is considered Microsoft’s primary business intelligence software product, but the company's BI strategy goes much deeper than that.
RedmondMagazine: Microsoft Outlines Next-Generation Databases
October 06, 2008
Microsoft is planning to enhance the BI capabilities in the next version of its flagship SQL Server database, the company revealed today.
Microsoft Empowers Enterprises to Think Bigger About Business Intelligence
October 06, 2008
New "managed self-service" business intelligence technologies and enhanced enterprise-class data warehousing capabilities usher in era of truly pervasive BI.
InformationWeek 500: Orion Builds Efficiency into Eli Lily’s R&D System
September 16, 2008
Lilly tapped Microsoft's BI product line for help in the data warehousing, integration, and reporting services.
CMP: CMP's Intelligent Enterprise Announces 2008 Editors' Choice Winners, Showing Exceptional Vision, Innovation and Leadership
January 02, 2008
Microsoft named among "The Dozen" companies that will matter most to the Intelligent Enterprise community in 2008.
Microsoft Continues the Evolution of the Data Platform
November 12, 2007
Q&A: Ted Kummert, corporate vice president, Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft, discusses the upcoming release of the SQL Server 2008 November CTP and recent announcements from the SQL Server group.
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