CTP3 of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 with new Monitoring and Analytics functionality is now available for download from the connect site . Technorati Tags: PerformancePoint Server , Performance Management , Monitoring , Analytics

This actually began as an idea from a couple of guys in my team Steve Marsh and Alex Smith have been pulling this together for a couple of months now. So what is it? Partner Bot is your Instant Messenger 'data digger', which quickly retrieves partner...

OK - so it's not available yet although it should be available for download from the connect site next week. That said here's something to whet your appetite - this is a great post from Patrick Baumgartner on analytic charts in CTP3 . Technorati Tags...

Last week I was invited to Nimbus Partners Inspiring Performance conference at my beloved Emirates Stadium. As an Arsenal fan this made the whole conference even more impressive. I've been working with Nimbus for just over 12 months now - and their...

This is being run in conjunction with DM Review and well worth checking out as an introduction to MS PerformancePoint Server 2007. Obviously you also get a much more concise picture of our strategy than you'll get from my random ramblings. You can register...

Via David Brain - this is an amazing statistic and just goes to show how quickly YouTube has actually grown in the UK. Technorati Tags: YouTube , BBC

Check out my new business cards. OK - so there not official MS issue but they certainly kick off a conversation. Our vision for creating ubiquitous business intelligence and our vision for PerformancePoint is captured really neatly below. You can order...

I read this great post via Seth Godin's blog yesterday... If I think about some of the work Steve Clayton and Hugh MacLeod have done around creating a buzz for the Blue Monster the concept of creating positive and sincere enthusiasm is pretty much...

I published a post last week on the System Requirements for PerformancePoint Server . I need to make one clarification as Derek - very kindly pinged me an email to check. Thanks Derek This is a subject which has already confused some customers and partners...

I have to give Jason Morales in the PerformancePoint team in the US all the credit for this idea. He has began to pull together some great content and links from across the OBA business and distribute it to some of his key customer and partner contacts...

Kind of old news now but The Times have published the 50 best business blogs . They cover technology, media & marketing, and other industry sectors. So there's some obvious ones in there but a couple that I didn't know about. One in particular was...

Another great best practises whitepaper from the SQL team via Chris Webb . Technorati Tags: SQL Server 2005 , SSAS , Analysis Services

Here's a new link on the Microsoft BI website which provides some really useful content around linking Enterprise Search through Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) and SQL Server. It includes a technical whitepaper and some sample reports from...

Last night I was kindly invited by Hugh MacLeod to attend a preview screening of David Mackenzie's new film Hallam Foe . This is a pretty dark film but really fascinating and tell's the story of a young guys struggle to come to terms with the death of...

Here's some really useful guidance from Alyson Powell Irwin who works in the program management team on Monitoring & Analytics. PerformancePoint Monitoring Filters work with SSRS reports, both relational and OLAP. To configure a dashboard pages...

Two great events running in London on the 26th and Manchester on the 28th of June. PerformancePoint/ProClarity Briefing - Customer & Partner Date: Tuesday 26 th and Thursday 28th June 2007 - AM Location: Radisson Portman, London or Renaissance...

Two great events running in London on the 26th and Manchester on the 28th of June. Gaining a Business Advantage by Making Informed Decisions Date: Tuesday 26 th and Thursday 28th June 2007 - PM Location: Radisson Portman, London or Renaissance...

Best Practices on Using Calculations Use calculations only with Standard KPIs (non leaf level). Accept the default values for Standard KPIs (leaf level) and Objective KPIs. Detailed Description of Behavior To understand how the Calculation...

Still awaiting for a confirmed date for CTP3 but here's a list of what we'll be adding for the release around monitoring and analytics. The following Monitoring and Analytics features have been added in Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007 CTP3:...

This is a question that's come up a lot over the last couple of weeks. The minimum system requirements for PerformancePoint are: Windows Server® 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Standard Edition Microsoft Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2...

OK - so it's kind of old news now - but this is a really important announcement and begins to solidify further our plans around master data management (MDM). Here's the official communication: Today, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Stratature,...