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Thought Leadership March 4, 2011 1 min read

The Next Step in BI: Predicting the Future

With the confluence of easily accessible data sources and powerful and available business intelligence and predictive analytic tools, we’ve entered a new era where data itself has become the platform for new application development.

Thought Leadership February 25, 2011 1 min read

Customers are seeking industry-specific solutions utilizing Microsoft Business Intelligence platform stack

The Microsoft BI team has seen consistent demand from our customers for industry-specific solutions that utilize the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform stack.

Thought Leadership February 10, 2011 3 min read

New Ways to Drive Top-Line Growth

How IT Can Drive Top-Line Growth By Joe Mullich As the world emerges from 24 months of economic turmoil, “companies are looking for technology, innovation, and reinvention of their business models,” says Kevin Turner, Chief Operating Office at Microsoft.

Best Practices February 3, 2011 1 min read

Department Store Chain Stein Mart Speeds Their Reporting, Saves $600,000 a Year in Tech Costs

Florida-based Stein Mart, a large department store chain with 268 locations in the US, relies heavily on up-to-date data analysis and reporting for inventory management and promotional reviews.

Thought Leadership January 18, 2011 4 min read

SQL Server Appliances – A Workload-based Appliance Design Philosophy

I run the Appliance Engineering team for SQL Server.

Thought Leadership December 28, 2010 3 min read

Business Intelligence Recap of 2010

Ah yes. The closing of another great year and the promise of a new year is just around the corner.

Best Practices October 21, 2010 1 min read

CIOs share insight on best practices and challenges in today’s enterprise environment

This week, Microsoft launched a new tool for information on mission critical applications called Today’s Enterprise.

Thought Leadership July 27, 2010 1 min read

Leading Research Firm Gartner, Inc. Publishes Two Important Notes on Microsoft PowerPivot

If you haven’t already tried out PowerPivot, or if you need a little help educating your IT department on SQL Server 2008 R2, Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010, check out these two reports from leading research firm, Gartner, Inc.

Thought Leadership July 19, 2010 4 min read

PowerPivot & Analysis Services – The Value of Both

Guest partner post by Shimon Shlevich, Product Manager at Panorama Software As Microsoft PowerPivot is gaining more popularity and exposure, BI professionals ask more and more questions about PowerPivot’s role in the organization in trying to understand what value the new in-memory BI solution from Microsoft brings, along with the benefits and the limitations of […]

Events July 7, 2010 1 min read

Thought Leadership

The Next Step in BI: Predicting the Future

Customers are seeking industry-specific solutions utilizing Microsoft Business Intelligence platform stack

New Ways to Drive Top-Line Growth

Department Store Chain Stein Mart Speeds Their Reporting, Saves $600,000 a Year in Tech Costs

SQL Server Appliances – A Workload-based Appliance Design Philosophy

Business Intelligence Recap of 2010

CIOs share insight on best practices and challenges in today’s enterprise environment

Leading Research Firm Gartner, Inc. Publishes Two Important Notes on Microsoft PowerPivot

PowerPivot & Analysis Services – The Value of Both

Microsoft Application Platform at the Microsoft World Partner Conference

How often are patients coming back? A healthy PowerPivot study

SYSPREP in SQL Server 2008 R2

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