Overall, we had a GREAT week at the Sharepoint Conference in Las Vegas! It has been encouraging to see the amount of enthusiasm and pent-up demand for BI.  Also, lots of activity on Facebook, Twitter, and various blogging channels about our newest announcement of PowerPivot (formerly Project "Gemini).  Self-Service Business Intelligence was the topic of the hour...

 

Keynotes and Sessions

-          Steve Ballmer’s keynote talked about Insights/BI, and showed BI in his video.

-          Jeff Teper’s keynote covered Insights and unveiled PowerPivot. We showed the PowerPivot demo that showed sorting through 100 million rows.

-          Tom Casey’s session on “Microsoft Business Intelligence Vision and Strategy” had about 1,200 attendees and standing room only. Tom dived deeper into our vision and capabilities, and showed a deeper demo of our stack.

 

BI Booth

The BI Booth enjoyed non-stop traffic, and during key times, it was packed! Most people coming to the booth want to see PowerPivot in action, so our PowerPivot stations have been very busy. MS IT’s Consolidated Business Intelligence has also received good traffic. The BI Racer is driving a lot of interest and admiring reviews, and people are saying that we have the “coolest booth at the show”.

 

Websites Launch

Check out www.powerpivot.com to learn more about Self-Service BI and become a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/powerpivot.  You can also follow us at www.twitter.com/powerpivot