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&lt;P&gt;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 &lt;IMG alt=smile_angry src="http://spaces.live.com/rte/emoticons/smile_angry.gif" mce_src="http://spaces.live.com/rte/emoticons/smile_angry.gif"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;and with the &lt;A href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/performancepoint/FX101680481033.aspx" mce_href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/performancepoint/FX101680481033.aspx"&gt;PerformancePoint&lt;/A&gt; launch imminent - there's lot's going on and plenty to tell you about.&amp;nbsp;Next weekend I'll be flying out to Seattle for &lt;A href="http://www.microsoftbiconference.com/" mce_href="http://www.microsoftbiconference.com/"&gt;BI Conference&lt;/A&gt;. I've spoken to a few people such as &lt;A href="http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/" mce_href="http://www.beyeblogs.com/biforbusinesspeople/"&gt;Tom Huddock&lt;/A&gt; who are heading out there but if you are going, ping me a mail, or call me. I'd love to catch-up&amp;nbsp;with as many people as I can&amp;nbsp;whilst I'm out there. We've also set up through the conference site a facility called &lt;A href="https://www.msbic2007.com/" mce_href="https://www.msbic2007.com/"&gt;MeetingPoint&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;which will allow you to&amp;nbsp;connect with conference attendees. My profile should be up there early next week.&amp;nbsp;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&amp;nbsp;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 &lt;STRONG&gt;"angry cinnamon stack"&lt;/STRONG&gt; in a post&amp;nbsp;later next&amp;nbsp;week to emphasise the importance of making good quality partner connections.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Hopefully you've all downloaded the &lt;A href="http://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=181" mce_href="http://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=181"&gt;PerformancePoint CTP 2&lt;/A&gt;. 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.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
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