News about Microsoft Business Intelligence

Gartner Research: The Impact of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 in CPM
In this report Gartner evaluates Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007.
TDWI Research Report: Business Intelligence Solutions for SAP
This report is designed for technical executives who wish to understand the many options that are available today for building or buying a business intelligence solution for an SAP-centric organization. The report includes a summary of vendors and products that enable BI for SAP applications and data.
Research Report: Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2007
Microsoft is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for the Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2007.
The OLAP Report: Preview of PerformancePoint Server 2007
Microsoft prepares its assault on the planning and consolidation market. "There is now no doubt that Microsoft is deadly serious about taking a very big bite out of the performance management market."
Gartner's 2005 Worldwide BI Platforms Market Share Report Shows Strong Growth for Microsoft BI
Gartner's "BI Platforms Market Share, Worldwide, 2005" report indicates that Microsoft BI grew 35.9% in 2005, which underscores the strong momentum that the Microsoft BI offering is experiencing.
Survey Says: Microsoft a BI Force to Be Reckoned With
Read a summary of recent Gartner and IDC reports about the growing success of Microsoft BI.
AMR Research Report - Microsoft Plants the Seeds for BI Everywhere: Competitors Beware!
Download a report from AMR Research that examines the Microsoft breakthrough in the business intelligence (BI) arena.
Forrester: Microsoft Addresses Enterprise ETL
Review an independent Forrester Research report about Integration Services.
TDWI Research: Deploying Dashboards and Scorecards
View this research report that outlines best practices in deploying dashboards and scorecards.

SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse
Le soluzioni Fast Track accelerano l'implementazione dei data warehouse con nuove e scalabili architetture di riferimento SQL Server 2008 Enterprise per HP, Dell e Bull.

SQL Server per SAP
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Scopri il portale video BE IT, il punto di ingresso per tutti i contenuti multimediali dedicati a professionisti IT e sviluppatori.

Intelligent Enterprise: PerformancePoint At Last: Q&A with Microsoft's Alex Payne and Michael Smith
Intelligent Enterprise discusses what PerformancePoint Server 2007 delivers and what critics are saying with two key executives who helped deliver PerformancePoint Server 2007.

Redmond Channel Partner: Microsoft Ships PerformancePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Corp. today officially unveiled PerformancePoint Server 2007, its highly anticipated performance management (PM) software. There's a good chance PerformancePoint Server could do for PM what SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) did for OLAP and reporting (respectively): take it mainstream.

Managing Automation: Microsoft Adds Performance Management to Its Business Intelligence Offerings
Responding to the corporate cry for help in corralling the data that bounces among business systems, Microsoft Corp. this week announced the official release of its business intelligence application, which, the company said, can be tailored to the needs of each decision-maker in the organization.

Computer World: Microsoft and Dell Team on BI Systems, Dismiss Appliance Rivals
Dell Inc. is rolling out a line of server preconfigured with Microsoft SQL Server for Business Intelligence Apps.

Redmond Developer: PPS 2007 could make BI(g) Impact
Microsoft is about to write the next chapter in its BI story with the release of PerformancePoint Server (PPS) 2007 bolstering Redmond’s BI push.

ComputerWire: PerformancePoint Hits the BI Market
As expected, and right on time, Microsoft yesterday officially unwrapped Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, its first serious offering in the red-hot performance management software market.

InformationWeek: Microsoft Makes Large Gains in Business Intelligence Market Share
Microsoft’s share in the Business Intelligence market advanced quickly in the last year gaining a larger piece of the BI market according to new IDC report.

Computerworld: Q&A with Microsoft's Jeff Raikes on pervasive BI, ERP encroachments
In his opening day keynote at the first Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference, Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division, observed the explosion of data being produced by most businesses today. Computerworld spoke to Raikes at the conference.

eWeek: Microsoft Outlines BI Strategy, Platform
Microsoft declared the opening day of its first BI conference on May 9, "a new day" for business intelligence, with the same old goal every BI vendor has had for years: to make BI ubiquitous in the enterprise, used by all relevant workers, not just by executives and IT.

Intelligent Enterprise: Microsoft and Business Intelligence for Everyone
If a user conference is a barometer for market leadership, then Microsoft's first-ever BI conference clearly shows they are in the top tier. More than 2,500 attendees have gathered here in Seattle to learn and share tips on Microsoft BI as a data warehouse platform, provider of BI front-end tools, and, soon, performance management (due late summer).

Internetnews.com: Microsoft Makes Business Intelligence Push
Microsoft wants to bring business intelligence (BI) capabilities to the masses. That was the main pitch Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division, made to attendees at the company's first-ever BI conference in Seattle.

Computer Business Review online: 'New day' for Microsoft BI
It was a big day for business intelligence announcements at Microsoft as it kicked off its inaugural BI conference in Seattle, Washington.

SYS-CON Media: Tata Consultancy Services and Microsoft Strengthen Relationship to Deliver Business Intelligence and Performance Management Solutions
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing firm, announced plans with Microsoft Corporation to deliver Business Intelligence and Performance Management (BIPM) solutions to global companies.

Microsoft Announces a "New Day" for Business Intelligence
Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division, opened the company’s first annual worldwide Business Intelligence Conference with an overview of new developments that will foster Microsoft’s vision and strategy for delivering pervasive BI and performance management.

Microsoft SQL Server "Katmai" Builds on the Proven Success of SQL Server 2005, Empowering Customers to Manage the Data Explosion
The next release of Microsoft SQL Server, Code Name "Katmai", will help companies access and manage the rising volumes of data for mission-critical applications, increase organizational understanding with improved business insight, and reduce difficulties associated with managing complex systems.

Global 2000 Companies Find a More Intelligent Choice for Business Intelligence
Some of the world’s largest companies are turning to Microsoft Business Intelligence for a solution that can be deployed to thousands of employees and can promote better decision making throughout the enterprise.

Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2
Microsoft released an update to the award winning data management and analysis platform. Included in this release are many business intelligence enhancements as well as full compatibility with Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.

Microsoft and Teradata Collaborate to Offer BI Solutions for Mutual Customers
See why Teradata customers will be looking to achieve greater interoperability with a Microsoft BI solution.

Excel and SQL Server 2005 May Spell Trouble for BI Vendors
Read a ZDNet blog entry that details how the powerful combination of Office Excel 2007 and SQL Server 2005 might affect the BI market space.

Users Laud Microsoft’s Business Intelligence Push
See how the promise of a Microsoft Office-branded performance management offering with ProClarity BI features excites many Microsoft-centric BI users.

Users Declare: Thumbs Up (Mostly) for Microsoft’s BI Stack
Read this Enterprise Systems article that outlines the benefits of Microsoft BI products for end users.

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