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Get Everything BI at PASS Summit 2009

As you may know, Microsoft has decided to make the BI Conference into a biennial event, with the next conference in 2010. For 2009, we are excited to team with the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) to expand the BI tracks at PASS Summit 2009 Read More...

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 12:16 AM by kristinakerr | 0 Comments

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Mix 2009

Mix 2009 conference starts tomorrow in Vegas, check it out here . What is MIX? It’s a gathering of designers and developers who are building the world’s most innovative web sites. They represent top web sites, web start-ups, interactive agencies and other Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:56 AM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: data visualization, silverlight, Descry, Mix 2009, bringing the cool

Microsoft Office Labs Future Vision Series

Do you ever wonder what work will be like in 5, 10, 15 years? Do you think about the ways technology will change the ways you interact with information and people? Microsoft Office labs team has released the Office futures video series. These videos provide Read More...

Posted Monday, March 09, 2009 4:26 AM by nismith | 2 Comments

Filed under: business intelligence, Collaboration, data visualization, Microsoft Office, Futures, search, simplicity, Microsoft Office Labs

Hello Hockey Fans!

Here’s a cool visualization that came across my inbox the other day that was put together by one of our Microsoft development groups. Using Microsoft Silverlight this visual map displays records of NHL teams, using data coming from an NHL datasource. Read More...

Posted Friday, January 16, 2009 11:31 PM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, data visualization, analytics, hockey pools, NHL, datasource, analysis, visual map, Canucks, silverlight

Monitor What Matters Most

Check out this new performance management demo by Bruno Aziza at the recent Microsoft BI conference in Seattle. The demo covers aspects of real-time analytics, enhanced use of data visualization with Microsoft Virtual Earth, connecting information with Read More...

Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 8:01 PM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft BI, PerformancePoint Server, Collaboration, data visualization, dashboards, budgeting, planning, Cool demos, analytics, real-time, Microsoft Virtual Earth

Back by Popular Demand: BI Surface Demo

The Microsoft BI surface demo is back, check it out here . Get a glimpse into the future with data visualization demo through the touch screen interface of Microsoft Surface. This demo was presented at the 2008 Microsoft BI conference in Seattle. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:32 PM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: data visualization, Surface, What if analysis, Seattle, Microsoft BI Conference, futuristic, analytics, what's cool, sustainability, power consumption, water consumption

Education gets Intelligent with Microsoft BI

I wanted to highlight this great example that really speaks to the concept of BI for the masses. If you have children you have likely had to make a decision about their education, decisions like what school they will go to, what academic goals is the Read More...

Posted Saturday, October 18, 2008 11:11 AM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: business intelligence, performance management, Microsoft BI, SharePoint, PerformancePoint Server, data visualization, BI for the Masses, education, external BI portal, BI demo, knowledge workers, try before you buy, analytics, SQL Server

What's up with PerformancePoint?!

Day 2 at the BI Conference has come and gone. I had every intention of posting my thoughts on what's happened over the past few days. But, my schedule has been non-stop with early morning breakfast meetings through late night dinners with customers. I've Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:25 PM by akamlet | 2 Comments

Filed under: business intelligence, performance management, BI, BI Conference, Microsoft BI, PerformancePoint Server, Connecting to the business, Finance, data visualization, Success, ROI, closed-loop performance management, dashboards, budgeting, return on investment, planning, BI for the Masses, Surface, Think Bigger about BI, Microsoft BI Conference, BI Trends, Microsoft

What’s the ROI of Performance Management?

Do you have performance management? If you don’t you are likely talking to some software company about it. What is up with all of this talk about dashboards, scorecards, planning and budgeting tools, data visualization, closed-loop performance management Read More...

Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 9:41 PM by nismith | 0 Comments

Filed under: business intelligence, performance management, data visualization, Scorecards, ROI, closed-loop performance management, dashboards, budgeting, return on investment, businessweek, planning, pervasive organization

The Next Level of Data Visualization

What do you get when you put Virtual Earth and PerformancePoint Server together? How about a geospatial solution on steroids? Together the two technologies expand what is possible with BI and data visualization and offer a way to monitor performance, Read More...

Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 9:47 PM by nismith | 1 Comments

Filed under: performance management, PerformancePoint Server, data visualization, Virtual Earth, BI Solutions

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