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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #666666; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;Business intelligence provides the means to answer questions like these and is invaluable for reducing business risk and making insightful decisions. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #666666; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;During May we are running a series of webinars aimed at business decision makers who have an interest in exploring the potential of implementing a BI strategy within their organisation. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #666666; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;The next webinar - 'Business Intelligence: driving informed decisions through data insight' - takes place on Tuesday 12 May at 11am and will last approximately 45 minutes including an opportunity to ask questions of our BI experts. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #666666; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;More about the types of dashboards and reports that can be generated to present data in a way that is accessible and easy to use &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #666666; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;If you can't attend the webinar but would like more information about business intelligence and how it could have a positive impact on your business call our BI team at Concentra on &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ed2988; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt;020 3355 8008.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #666666; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;More info on Concentra &lt;A class="" href="http://www.concentra.co.uk/" mce_href="http://www.concentra.co.uk/"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9591346" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Join Me - BI webinars</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2009/05/06/join-me-bi-webinars.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2009/05/06/join-me-bi-webinars.aspx</id><published>2009-05-06T17:31:00Z</published><updated>2009-05-06T17:31:00Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;I am running webinars on BI - join me.&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;A class="" href="http://www.concentra.co.uk/businessintelligence_webinar.aspx?source=shailanblog" mce_href="http://www.concentra.co.uk/businessintelligence_webinar.aspx?source=shailanblog"&gt;Register&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P mce_keep="true"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9591338" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="BI" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/BI/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>TechNet Webcast: Advanced Dashboard Creation with PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 300)</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/10/01/technet-webcast-advanced-dashboard-creation-with-performancepoint-server-2007-level-300.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/10/01/technet-webcast-advanced-dashboard-creation-with-performancepoint-server-2007-level-300.aspx</id><published>2008-10-01T20:40:54Z</published><updated>2008-10-01T20:40:54Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032369064&amp;amp;EventCategory=5&amp;amp;culture=en-US&amp;amp;CountryCode=US"&gt;http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032369064&amp;amp;EventCategory=5&amp;amp;culture=en-US&amp;amp;CountryCode=US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help organizations improve their business performance by integrating monitoring, analysis, and planning capabilities into one application. In this session, we explore advanced topics in dashboard creation such as integrating Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, ProClarity, and Excel Services reports in dashboards, using advanced filtering capabilities, advanced scoring topics, and dashboard creation tips and tricks.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:164403aa-4f71-432a-8c37-bcc1cb43df6b" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Performance%20Point%20Server" rel="tag"&gt;Performance Point Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8971951" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Download Management Reporter</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/09/30/download-management-reporter.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/09/30/download-management-reporter.aspx</id><published>2008-09-30T20:45:33Z</published><updated>2008-09-30T20:45:33Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=F03241A4-9AFA-4BE7-A7E7-E28AC422235E&amp;amp;displaylang=en" target="_blank"&gt;Management Report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;for this reason -&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;supports statutory inter-company consolidations including currency translation, eliminations and reconsolidations. Reports can be created in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 or Management Reporter, then generated and published to a central location for secure access and viewing. This detailed information supports timely and relevant decision making for better overall business performance&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:de342d7a-a0ef-41c0-85da-2338b164a409" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Performance%20Point%20Server" rel="tag"&gt;Performance Point Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8970529" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Content and Code BI Briefing</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/26/content-and-code-bi-briefing.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/26/content-and-code-bi-briefing.aspx</id><published>2008-03-26T19:20:47Z</published><updated>2008-03-26T19:20:47Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Content and Code and Microsoft would like to invite you to a highly interactive and informative seminar, &lt;i&gt;Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007&lt;/i&gt;, held at &lt;b&gt;Microsoft, London, on Friday 11th April 2008&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;This is a special seminar limited to approximately 20 participants. This intimate seminar will allow for open discussion in order to address your particular areas of interest or any enquiries that you might have.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Enjoy interactive demonstrations as well as a buffet lunch. This seminar unearths the business value of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to your business.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;This seminar is FREE and&amp;#160; is aimed at IT and Communications Directors and Managers wishing to understand Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007. We also encourage senior business professionals, such as CFO and marketing managers, to attend the event to learn about the business implications of PerformancePoint Server 2007.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;It would be great if you could make it, please contact me should you wish to reserve a place, &lt;a href="mailto:kallia.mansour@contentandcode.com"&gt;kallia.mansour@contentandcode.com&lt;/a&gt;, quoting reference CODECC. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/shailan/WindowsLiveWriter/ContentandCodeBIBriefing_E5D8/clip_image001_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="clip_image001" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/shailan/WindowsLiveWriter/ContentandCodeBIBriefing_E5D8/clip_image001_thumb.jpg" width="199" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:054dcda8-6bfc-4610-b846-dd0db6bbe158" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Content%20and%20Code" rel="tag"&gt;Content and Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8337954" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="BI" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/BI/default.aspx" /><category term="Partners" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/Partners/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Making "Sense" with BI</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/17/making-sense-with-bi.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/17/making-sense-with-bi.aspx</id><published>2008-03-17T11:29:50Z</published><updated>2008-03-17T11:29:50Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I presented with Sense Solutions at their BI day. There is a lot of demand generation with BI especially as IDC, Gartner rank BI as #1 priority for BI.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/shailan/WindowsLiveWriter/MakingSensewithBI_93B0/clip_image001_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="158" alt="clip_image001" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/shailan/WindowsLiveWriter/MakingSensewithBI_93B0/clip_image001_thumb.jpg" width="244" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:0a609d66-f84b-419f-8225-50ed9b89297f" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Performance%20Point%20Server" rel="tag"&gt;Performance Point Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8200612" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="BI" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/BI/default.aspx" /><category term="Performance Point Server" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/Performance+Point+Server/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Butler Event - ICS Stand</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/14/butler-event-ics-stand.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/14/butler-event-ics-stand.aspx</id><published>2008-03-14T11:52:46Z</published><updated>2008-03-14T11:52:46Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="467" alt="ICS - The Microsoft BI Experts with Microsoft at the Butler BI Symposium 2007. From ICS; Seema Varma (BI Consultant), Sam Wijeyakumar (ICS Business Development Manager). From Microsoft; Barinder Hothi (MOPPS for Mid Market) and Shailan Chudasama (Data Technology Specialist)." src="http://www.rsinteract.com/images/ics_butler.jpg" width="350" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;ICS - The Microsoft BI Experts with Microsoft at the Butler BI Symposium 2007. From ICS; &lt;strong&gt;Seema Varma&lt;/strong&gt; (BI Consultant), &lt;strong&gt;Sam Wijeyakumar&lt;/strong&gt; (ICS Business Development Manager). From Microsoft; &lt;strong&gt;Barinder Hothi&lt;/strong&gt; (MOPPS for Mid Market) and &lt;strong&gt;Shailan Chudasama &lt;/strong&gt;(Data Technology Specialist).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8174655" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="BI" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/BI/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>ITV's Live Cam</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/13/itv-s-live-cam.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/13/itv-s-live-cam.aspx</id><published>2008-03-13T11:41:46Z</published><updated>2008-03-13T11:41:46Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Great view of the city's but not sure why you would watch?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.itvlocal.com/new_site/london/live/" href="http://www.itvlocal.com/new_site/london/live/"&gt;http://www.itvlocal.com/new_site/london/live/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8174515" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="BI" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/BI/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Performance Point Server Upcoming UK Events</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/12/performance-point-server-upcoming-uk-events.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/12/performance-point-server-upcoming-uk-events.aspx</id><published>2008-03-12T19:50:23Z</published><updated>2008-03-12T19:50:23Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;AM Events = Customer&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;PM Events - Partner&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Birmingham, &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Institute of Directors&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;(Hereford &amp;amp; Worcester Rm)&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Tel &amp;#8211; 0870 166 6683&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tues 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; April - AM&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID= 1032366993&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB"&gt;http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID= 1032366993&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tues 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; April - PM&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032367000&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB"&gt;http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032367000&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;London, Cardinal Place &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Tel &amp;#8211; 0870 166 6680&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; April - AM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366990&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB"&gt;http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366990&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; April - PM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366995&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB"&gt;http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366995&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Edinburgh &amp;#8211; Microsoft&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Tel &amp;#8211; 0870 166 6680&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May &amp;#8211; AM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366991&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB"&gt;http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366991&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May &amp;#8211; PM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366999&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB"&gt;http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366999&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Telephone &amp;#8211; 0870 166 6680&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;London, Cardinal Place&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Telephone &amp;#8211; 0870 166 6680&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May - AM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366997&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB"&gt;http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366997&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May - PM&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366998&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB "&gt;http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032366998&amp;amp;Culture=en-GB &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:3b9440bd-1cd5-4c2a-af20-b79d0ebb77a0" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Performance%20Point%20Server" rel="tag"&gt;Performance Point Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8171382" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="Performance Point Server" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/Performance+Point+Server/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Microsoft Action Pack</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/11/microsoft-action-pack.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/03/11/microsoft-action-pack.aspx</id><published>2008-03-11T19:55:46Z</published><updated>2008-03-11T19:55:46Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;To enhance the value of Microsoft Action Pack, from March 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;, all of those renewing or subscribing must take a course and pass an assessment to receive it. Partners must take one specific Microsoft online course from the required Partner Learning Centre course list and complete its associated assessment with a minimum score of 70 per cent. To continue receiving Action Pack, partners must pass an assessment every two years. Courses are all 100% subsidised and take no more than 60 minutes. The assessments will take no more than 30 minutes to complete. To help partners, an enrolment guide and more information is available at:&amp;#160; &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/uk/partner/actionpack"&gt;www.microsoft.com/uk/partner/actionpack&lt;/a&gt;. In addition, if partners have any queries regarding their Action Pack subscription or if they are experiencing any issues when renewing, please call: 0870 60 70 700 (press option 1) for assistance.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:7bbe40ba-1969-45d2-b4c9-159de2e71707" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft%20Action%20Pack" rel="tag"&gt;Microsoft Action Pack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8155352" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="Microsoft" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/Microsoft/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Performance Point Server Planning Book Available</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/01/15/performance-point-server-planning-book-available.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2008/01/15/performance-point-server-planning-book-available.aspx</id><published>2008-01-15T19:41:05Z</published><updated>2008-01-15T19:41:05Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/shailan/WindowsLiveWriter/PerformancePointServerPlanningBookAvaila_EA8F/clip_image002_2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="52" alt="clip_image002" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/shailan/WindowsLiveWriter/PerformancePointServerPlanningBookAvaila_EA8F/clip_image002_thumb.gif" width="244" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mannpublishing.com/Catalog/BookDetail.aspx?BookID=66"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="244" alt="PPS" hspace="25" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/shailan/WindowsLiveWriter/PerformancePointServerPlanningBookAvaila_EA8F/clip_image004%5B4%5D_1.jpg" width="103" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We are proud to announce that a second Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 book is &lt;b&gt;now available!&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This book completes the Rational Press Series of PerformancePoint Server 2007 books.&amp;nbsp; While the first one covered &lt;b&gt;Monitoring and Analytics&lt;/b&gt; (original announce attached), this one explores &lt;b&gt;Planning&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;p&gt;With close to &lt;b&gt;20,000 copies ordered &lt;/b&gt;to date, these two books are the result of the collaborative effort between one of our partners, our development and marketing teams (click on the book pictures for more info). &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:01b96969-e341-4b4a-8e52-7b857a353cf1" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft%20Office%20Performance%20Point%20Server" rel="tag"&gt;Microsoft Office Performance Point Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7118868" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="Performance Point Server" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/Performance+Point+Server/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Partner Season's Greetings e-card and game</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2007/12/19/partner-season-s-greetings-e-card-and-game.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2007/12/19/partner-season-s-greetings-e-card-and-game.aspx</id><published>2007-12-19T19:19:25Z</published><updated>2007-12-19T19:19:25Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;As per tradition, we have sent our partners a Season’s Greetings e-card. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This year, our e-card contains a link to a &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/uk/partner/quiz"&gt;seasonal quiz&lt;/a&gt; and ‘&lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/uk/partner/game/"&gt;snowball game&lt;/a&gt;’ – upon completion, partners can enter a free prize draw for an Xbox 360. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;img height="389" alt="Xmas Card.jpg" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/shailan/WindowsLiveWriter/PartnerSeasonsGreetingsecardandgame_E585/clip_image001.jpg" width="529" border="0"&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="306" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01C84252.CF28ACC0" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/shailan/WindowsLiveWriter/PartnerSeasonsGreetingsecardandgame_E585/clip_image001_1.jpg" width="523" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:bdbb961d-2abc-48b5-931e-dede8a756d39" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Microsoft" rel="tag"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6807651" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="Microsoft" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/Microsoft/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Hot Topic - New BI Features in 2008?</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2007/12/05/hot-topic-new-bi-features-in-2008.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2007/12/05/hot-topic-new-bi-features-in-2008.aspx</id><published>2007-12-05T12:50:54Z</published><updated>2007-12-05T12:50:54Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;A common question I am asked is the one of new features in SQL Server 2008, especially around BI. Hopefully this whitepaper will help you folk.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_bi.mspx" href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_bi.mspx"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_bi.mspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:3d1c8319-cc72-4c0f-8f0b-87d86b346d0f" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/sql%20Server%202008" rel="tag"&gt;sql Server 2008&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Business%20Intelligence%20SQL%20Server%202008" rel="tag"&gt;Business Intelligence SQL Server 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6654751" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="SQL" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/SQL/default.aspx" /><category term="BI" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/BI/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>SQL Closes the Distance</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2007/12/04/sql-closes-the-distance.aspx" /><id>http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/2007/12/04/sql-closes-the-distance.aspx</id><published>2007-12-04T18:53:17Z</published><updated>2007-12-04T18:53:17Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Nice write up in the Redmond Mag on SQL Server traction and closing in fast on Oracle&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=2382" href="http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=2382"&gt;http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=2382&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Nice quote - &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Today's multibillion-dollar question is: Could Microsoft now do to Oracle, the long-time database leader, what it has done to the others? &lt;p&gt;The answer is (drum roll, please): Yes, probably.  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:df07890d-2721-45b7-ad8e-ce70fc75ec5e" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/SQL%20Server%202005" rel="tag"&gt;SQL Server 2005&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/SQl%20Server%202008" rel="tag"&gt;SQl Server 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6654720" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Shailan</name><uri>http://blogs.msdn.com/members/Shailan.aspx</uri></author><category term="SQL" scheme="http://blogs.msdn.com/shailan/archive/tags/SQL/default.aspx" /></entry></feed>