Intelligent Insight on PerformancePoint : BI conference

Why I love the blogosphere

btamblyn — Thu, 03 May 2007 12:59:48 GMT

This morning I got a really lovely email from Raja who it seems enjoys my blog - thanks Raja.

It's actually making these kinds of connections through blogging that allows for great conversations and ultimately important connections which just aren't possible 1:1. It seems my evil plan around "cash for honours" is starting to pay off. Only joking.

Off to NYC tomorrow and flying into Redmond on Sunday evening for BI Conference. There are some amazing sessions running next week. Here's a snapshot of some of the sessions I'll be attending.

The Microsoft BI Opportunity for Partners
PerformancePoint Server2007: Bringing Value to the Performance Management Process
Business Scorecards: Communicating Business Objectives Throughout the Organization
Business Intelligence at Microsoft – a Center of Excellence View

There's also three great keynotes from Jeff Raikes, Robert Kaplan, and Steve Ballmer and some brilliant case-references from some of our customers who have been involved in our early adoption programmes.

I'll provide an update from each day of the conference, oh and for those in the UK who won't be attending I'm looking at re-purposing a lot of this content and running a UK BI conference before the end of the year as part of our launch plans so you're not missing out.

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Using MeetingPoint to connect @ BI Conference (May 9th-11th, 2007)

btamblyn — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:28:35 GMT

As per my post over the weekend I've now added my profile to MeetingPoint. If you're around at BI Conference next week and keen to meet up feel free to schedule some time. It would be great to catch up. Alternatively, feel free to call me on +447854750068 or email me @ btamblyn@microsoft.com

Enjoy the conference - there are some really great sessions lined up for the three days. I'll be publishing regular updates on my blog throughout the conference for those of you who can't attend.

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Blogging really is like going to the gym...

btamblyn — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:01:00 GMT

So you miss a couple of sessions at the gym, and put on a few pounds. Blogging is no different, every now and then you get busy, and blogging soon becomes a distant memory. I know it's been a while since my last post - but I've been crazy busy , and with the PerformancePoint launch imminent - there's lot's going on and plenty to tell you about. Next weekend I'll be flying out to Seattle for BI Conference. I've spoken to a few people such as Tom Huddock who are heading out there but if you are going, ping me a mail, or call me. I'd love to catch-up with as many people as I can whilst I'm out there. We've also set up through the conference site a facility called MeetingPoint which will allow you to connect with conference attendees. My profile should be up there early next week. The PerformancePoint solution stack, as I know you're all aware touches a number of different areas so I'd try and utilise this conference to connect with complimentary partners. In my experience there are very few partners (if any) who can deliver everything in the stack. I'll be de-constructing the "angry cinnamon stack" in a post later next week to emphasise the importance of making good quality partner connections.

Hopefully you've all downloaded the PerformancePoint CTP 2. Those that have will tell you stories of 24+ hour downloads but I can assure you it really is well worth the wait. Over the next couple of weeks I'll begin to provide some further background around the launch.

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