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It's that time of year

Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 6:45 PM by btamblyn
We've just concluded the formal conference season - with the completion of Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston and Microsoft's internal MGX Sales Conference in Atlanta. Having just completed a phenomenal fiscal year we typically spend the first two Read More...
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PerformancePoint Server SP1 released

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 3:20 AM by btamblyn
In case you weren't aware of this...last week we released the Service Pack for PerformancePoint Server 2007. With this new Service Pack, enhancements have been made to the monitoring, analyzing and planning functionality found in PerformancePoint Server Read More...
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Performancepoint planning data migration tool

Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 5:56 AM by btamblyn
The PerformancePoint Server 2007 Planning Data Migration Tool is now available on TechNet and the MS Download Center. Norm Warren has provided some great additional guidance to support this here . Documentation: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512833.aspx Read More...
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Downloadable implementation plans for PerformancePoint server 2007

Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 4:53 PM by btamblyn
A wealth of new content (templates, project plans and worksheets) has been made available on TechNet to assist partners and customers with implementing PerformancePoint Server 2007. There are links to this content below: Project Plan Framework (.pptx) Read More...
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PerformancePoint: Implementation web cast series

Posted Saturday, April 26, 2008 7:39 AM by btamblyn
This three-part webcast series has been created specifically for Microsoft partners and will provide guidance and best practices around implementing PerformancePoint Server 2007. The first two webcasts will take partners through the suggested phases of Read More...
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Lessons in Marketing: Puma

Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:52 PM by btamblyn
  Completely off topic but I saw this post today from Seth Godin which prompted me to share this. Ever since I was a child Puma has been my sports footwear of choice. Why? Put simply my best friend's father was a brand manager for their footwear Read More...
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The BI Blog

Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 5:46 AM by btamblyn
  Great news - We've decided to create THE BI BLOG . I've been asked to contribute (which is a great honour) and we'll look to make sure there's something in here for everyone from the customer, partner, developer, and implementer. For the BI BLOG Read More...
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Do the dance...

Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 2:28 AM by btamblyn
So SAP/BOBJ are using Sir Mixalot as their unofficial mascot with the release of Baby got BI. Our approach is a little different but here's how the Softie's do it. I'll leave you to be the judge of who's best in the "war on talent".   Technorati Read More...
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Help: How do I...

Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:13 PM by btamblyn
  This is a great set of resources from Jeff Carr that expands upon the information I posted earlier on the PerformancePoint Planning and Architecture Guides. Jeff's taken this one step LEAP further - This is your PerformancePoint Bible: Help, How Read More...
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Downloadable Books for PerformancePoint Server 2007

Posted Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:18 AM by btamblyn
The PerformancePoint Server 2007 Planning & Architecture Guide, Deployment Guide, and Operations Guide are now available as downloadable books from TechNet. Information about how to plan a PerformancePoint Server deployment in a large enterprise environment Read More...
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PerformancePoint (Search)

Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 4:04 AM by btamblyn
Here's a great tool that allows you to build your own search engine. Live Search Macros . Norm Warren has created a search macro for PerformancePoint which you can use to find documentation, whitepapers, VPC's, and other information around Microsoft BI. Read More...
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Not sure what to make of this...

Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:31 AM by btamblyn
Vendor consolidation has prompted a number of customers and vendors to look at BI differently. This is certainly different. Hat-tip to the Performance Guys .   UPDATE: This is written with no agenda, prejudice or ulterior motive but it seems this Read More...
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What a week

Posted Saturday, January 19, 2008 11:36 PM by btamblyn
Lot's of news this week from Oracle's decision to buy BEA , Sun's decision to purchase MySQL , Cognos 8.3 launch , and a joint announcement from SAP and BOBJ . Phew. I like the Performance Guys take on this weeks news. If you've not added this to you're Read More...
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Advanced Dashboard creation with Office PerformancePoint Server 2007

Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:25 PM by btamblyn
This is a great series of sessions as part of the Microsoft Partner Academy presented by Mike Tejedor and Alyson Powell Irwin. Here's the session abstract and joining details: Description: This is the first in a series of sessions that will explore advanced Read More...
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Microsoft BI Conference: October 6th-8th 2008

Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:17 AM by btamblyn
The 2nd Annual Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference 2008 will run from October 6th-8th 2008. This is great news - the first conference was a fantastic 3 days and I'm sure with the launch of SQL Server 2008 this will provide a great opportunity for Read More...
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