The following training will be available at MTC locations around the the US for October - December, 2008. Use the Event Info link for more information about the class and registration information. ( updated !) Atlanta Center...

I often get asked by organizations how they can leverage their SAP "data" investment against the Microsoft Business Intelligence suite of tools. The set of questions usually falls into one of these four categories: Ability to extract data directly...

Through conversations with many customers, I’ve been asked either directly or indirectly what makes a dashboard good in terms of design. Put it another way…what are some design best practices to make a dashboard more effective at conveying the “data”...

Are you a DBA tasked with keeping a SQL Server 2005 based data warehouse/datamart performing properly? Are you looking for a no-cost method to analyze performance metrics of your server(s)? If so, the SQL Server 2005 Performance Dashboard Reports are...

Once you have identified potential Analysis Services bottlenecks, and have made the proper adjustments to Analysis Services server properties and perhaps added more memory/CPU power to the server, the next phase is to look into tuning the OLAP cube design...

Ok...here's part two of the Teradata v12 series. The first blog entry was focused on highlighting a sequence of functionality tests that were recently concluded back in February 2008 against Teradata version 12 using SQL Server 2005's Analysis Services...

The phrase “Build vs. Buy” has become so widely used that it has become a part of our industry’s lexicon. In general, it refers to the decision whether to build a new application, or buy one “off the shelf.” However there is an implied “either/or” approach...