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January 2007 - Posts

BI mashup with Google Maps

Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 7:35 PM by btamblyn
This really is pretty impressive and a great example of what Web2.0 means for the business intelligence community. Check it out Oh and look out for a similar application coming soon built using Microsoft's Virtual Earth technology. Technorati tags: Google Read More...
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The Blue Monster goes Global

Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:26 PM by btamblyn
I blogged about this a couple of months ago following a meeting with Hugh McLeod - the Blue Monster's creator. It seems interest in the blue monster is growing. Check this out Technorati tags: Blue Monster , Microsoft , Hugh McLeod Read More...
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More Vendor Consolidation: Hyperion acquire Crystal Ball

Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 5:29 PM by btamblyn
Another timely acquisition - the market is continuing to converge as the BPM 2.0 era beckons. Technorati tags: Hyperion , Competitors , BPM , BPM 2.0 Read More...
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Standardisation is Important, Microsoft is not

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:21 PM by btamblyn
This was an interesting post from Craig Schiff last week on b-eye . Craig is the former OutlookSoft CEO, and a BPM pioneer who now works for BPM Partners an independent professional services firm. Craig presented the results of the recent BPM Pulse Survey Read More...
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Snow Pawn

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:35 PM by btamblyn
It's snowing in the UK today which means the typical nightmare of train and tube delays/cancellations. So here's a photo I took this morning on the way to work - more for my own amusement than anything else. I can only assume a Microsoftie created this Read More...
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Is Budweiser the next YouTube?

Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:25 AM by btamblyn
God I hope not - TV can't taste that bad - although I do like the idea of mixing two of the world's greatest inventions TV and beer. I think this will happen more and more: the Internet now competes head-on with TV as a platform for delivering rich media Read More...
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Treemap Visualisation from Microsoft Research

Posted Saturday, January 20, 2007 2:25 PM by btamblyn
Here's a link to a great post from the "award winning" Sam Batterman. I really like this - visually it's very similar to functionality available in ProClarity dashboard today. Some of the stuff coming out of Microsoft Research is absolutely phenomonal Read More...
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Vendor consolidation continues: Cognos acquires Celequest

Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:52 PM by btamblyn
An interesting acquisition and evidence again of the vendor convergence going on. I've been watching Celequest for a while primarily because they've got a really interesting SaaS offering which it seems maybe one of the key drivers around this acquisition Read More...
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Microsoft and Teradata to collaborate on BI solutions

Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:31 PM by btamblyn
This is great news and something that I think will happen more and more in the future not just with Microsoft but across the vendor ecosystem. Whilst a lot of analysts are predicting significant market convergence I think there will also be significant Read More...
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UK Business Intelligence Partner Symposium - February 14th - London

Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:06 PM by btamblyn
It's no coincidence that this conference is being run on Valentine's Day. This symposium is designed to introduce new partners to the new Microsoft business intelligence stack and show you guys some love. With the launch of PerformancePoint due for later Read More...
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Why Web 2.0 is the new black

Posted Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:45 AM by btamblyn
Barely a day goes by where someone is not asking me about what Microsoft is doing in preparation for Web 2.0. Here's a link to a great introductory whitepaper at ChangeThis . Troy Angrignon's introduction to the principles and concepts of Web 2.0 Web Read More...
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Intelligent Insights into traveling, wine, and The Ashes

Posted Monday, January 15, 2007 11:26 PM by btamblyn
On Friday I flew out of Melbourne after spending a month over Christmas and New Year with my family. It was a great month, plenty of sunshine, some "interesting" cricket and great wine - I would highly recommend the DogPoint Pinot by the way. I picked Read More...
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Performance Management Training and Enablement - QuickStart Programme

Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:11 PM by btamblyn
This was announced internally at Microsoft just before the holidays by Jodi Maupin the OBA Partner Marketing Manager. I've reviewed some of the existing training and whilst it's not for the faint-hearted engagement on this programme will help all our Read More...
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PerformancePoint Server Data Sheets

Posted Wednesday, January 03, 2007 12:30 PM by btamblyn
Thanks to Patrick Husting who posted these (PDFs)which includes product data sheets: overview, analytics, monitoring, reporting, and planning. PerformancePointServer 2007 Overview - [ download ] PerformancePointServer 2007 Analytics - [ download ] PerformancePointServer Read More...
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When blogging goes bad!

Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:49 AM by btamblyn
Over the past couple of months it seems that people are getting themselves into hot water by posting controversial blogs. I read with interest an article @ The Times (Online) today about Steve Beall a manager at Thorntons , who had been sent from Newcastle Read More...
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TechWeb Readers' Choice Awards: Microsoft is Best Performance Management Suite Vendor

Posted Monday, January 01, 2007 11:35 PM by btamblyn
This is a great start to the new year although I guess I'm a little surprised at this given the PerformancePoint beta was only released under CTP in December. MS BI have won the TechWeb Readers’ Choice Award for Best Customer Analytics , Best ETL Software Read More...
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