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February 2007 - Posts

Kimball is coming

Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:09 PM by btamblyn
This guy is rarely in town and this is actually quite a unique opportunity to get your fix of dimensional modeling and learn from the godfather of BI. Thanks to Emma for the heads up. Dr. Ralph Kimball is as an innovator, writer, educator, speaker and Read More...
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Fine Tuning SQL Server 2005

Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:59 PM by btamblyn
Here's a link to the SQL Server Best Practices Analyser (BPA) . In short it provides guidance for OLAP database analysis and recommendations for fine-tuning performance. Technorati tags: SQL Server 2005 , Microsoft Read More...
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Google vs. Live Search

Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 9:12 AM by btamblyn
This video is absolutely brilliant and is now doing the rounds on the blogosphere. Now I don't want to suggest that using Google could cost you a fortune BUT... Video: Who Wants to be a Millionaire Just so some of the context is not lost here. Millionaire Read More...
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Corporate Performance Management is more important than ERP...

Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:47 PM by btamblyn
This is a great article from John Colbert @ b-eye. John calls out a couple of things in comparing the intrinsic value of ERP vs CPM which resonated really well for me. ERP came to be seen as the bedrock of enterprise IT by handling the functions of tracking Read More...
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It's not the size of your data center...

Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:57 PM by btamblyn
I came across this great post from the guys at Business Intelligence Lowdown . It profiles the world's ten largest databases. There's not too many surprises here but it's a really interesting read. Check it out . Technorati tags: Blogging , Fun , Business Read More...
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Microsoft Licensing: PerformancePoint

Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:00 PM by btamblyn
A couple of weeks ago I published a post around PerformancePoint Server pricing . I have been asked a number of questions over the last couple of weeks about how this translates into Microsoft licensing - which lets face it unless you deal with it every Read More...
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My name is...

Posted Monday, February 19, 2007 11:49 AM by btamblyn
Ben Tamblyn I was at the Microsoft Business Intelligence Partner Day on Wednesday and met some great partners who are beginning to look seriously at the Microsoft performance management platform as a viable and cost effective alternative for their customers. Read More...
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Web 2.0 Mashup competition

Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:44 AM by btamblyn
Here's a link to a great post from my colleague James Senior . The Connected Services Sandbox contest was launched at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona yesterday and gives developers a chance to win $25,000 for creating a 2.0 mashup. I'd love to see some Read More...
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Which Office application are you

Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 7:31 PM by btamblyn
This is actually just a bit of fun. Microsoft Office meets the Cosmo quiz. The Office Personality Test won't tell you your dating identity or break-up style but instead which Office application is best suited to your personality. As per my previous post Read More...
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Really Bad PowerPoint

Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 7:18 PM by btamblyn
Completely off topic BUT before you deliver a presentation on PowerPoint I'd encourage you to read this post from Seth Godin . It might sound strange coming from someone at Microsoft but I actually don't like PowerPoint that much. But before you cry heretic Read More...
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Clippy has left the building

Posted Saturday, February 10, 2007 6:57 PM by btamblyn
Jensen Harris has put him out of his misery. Check it out . Amen. Technorati tags: Clippy , Office 2007 , Jensen Harris , Fun , Blogging Read More...
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Microsoft Partner Love-in: Valentines Day

Posted Saturday, February 10, 2007 9:36 AM by btamblyn
OK - so if you haven't booked in for the Microsoft Business Intelligence Partner Day/Love-in you're probably too late. But for those who can't make it due to the fact that you're not in the UK I'll provide a synopsis of the Gartner overview in a blog Read More...
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SQL Server 2005 BI Training

Posted Saturday, February 10, 2007 9:07 AM by btamblyn
Amazingly this has only just become available. Perhaps everyone in the UK understands SQL BI so well that we didn't need to publish training options until 18 months after launch. I know this has been something Emma has been pushing for a while now so Read More...
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Innovation - Part 2 - When Wall St meets Web 2.0

Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:50 PM by btamblyn
Penny Crosman from Intelligent Enterprise published this great post about three new BI-style tools for investment managers . With data continuing to multiply at such a brisk rate - making intelligent investment decisions can only be amplified by tools Read More...
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Innovation - Part 1

Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:33 PM by btamblyn
"The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow." - Rupert Murdoch Over the last couple of weeks I've received a couple of emails from readers of my blog - I'm convinced they may be the only ones Read More...
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Zune Phone - Coming Soon???

Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:14 PM by btamblyn
OK - this is news to me - but I read it on TechCrunch so it must be true. Perhaps the geek in disguise can confirm/deny. Check it out Technorati tags: Zune , Blogging , Steve Clayton , TechCrunch Read More...
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PerformancePoint Server Pricing

Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 5:07 PM by btamblyn
I've been wanting to publish this post since returning from the OBA bootcamp in Redmond two weeks ago. At the BI Gartner summit in London yesterday we finally announced the pricing for PerformancePoint Server. I think it emphasises our commitment to providing Read More...
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