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THE BI Blog : Tracking Swine Flu with Microsoft Virtual Earth and Live Search

bernardc — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:12:01 GMT

I'm quite certain that more people are trying to cure Swine Flu than will every catch it. I'm also reasonably certain I'll end up regretting saying that. However, its interesting to see how a multitude of more modern technology is being applied to the...(read more)

Productivity, Innovation at the NHS - Windows Live

bernardc — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:35:19 GMT

Some interesting insights from Dan Rasmus on Productivity, Efficiency and Patient Care at the NHS. Measuring productivity gains in meaningful and tangible business oriented outcomes is an ongoing challenge. "It isn’t good enough to create correlations...(read more)

Is SharePoint the right investment, right now?

bernardc — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:53:13 GMT

This article from freshbusinessthinking.com would suggest it could be. http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com/business_advice.php?AID=2375&Title=SharePoint+Steers+Companies+Through+Economic+Downturn SharePoint forms the cornerstone of Microsoft's Business...(read more)

Two birds with one stone

bernardc — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:45:10 GMT

If there are two things we're all desperate to save right now it is money and the environment. How fortunate it is, therefore, that by enabling the workforce to work from any place and at any time Unified Communications technology can save both travel...(read more)

THE BI Blog : Microsoft Business Intelligence Vision and Strategy Slides

bernardc — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:40:38 GMT

I think our BI vision is one of the most clearly defined market visions Microsoft has. I also think that it is a market where we can really add value and change the dynamics of the market. Making BI commercially viable enough for every employee to utilize...(read more)

THE BI Blog : Top 10 demos for Microsoft BI

bernardc — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:35:30 GMT

Somehow the BI team seem to corner some of our most exciting demos. Thanks to Nic for compiling this top-ten list in one place. http://blogs.msdn.com/bi/archive/2009/04/23/top-10-demos-for-microsoft-bi.aspx As a side note, its worth noting that...(read more)

Recession, recalibration or reset?

bernardc — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:31:48 GMT

While no one is under any doubt whether that we are now experiencing a set of economic conditions we have not experienced for a generation (if not more), there is a growing debate on the nature of these conditions and for how long we should plan for "recovery"...(read more)

How CIOs Are Setting IT Strategy Amid Economic Uncertainty -- IT And The Economy -- InformationWeek

bernardc — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:54:00 GMT

With the endless resurrection of the "ghosts of 1929" I'm starting to believe that even the dead have failed to miss the economic events of the past few weeks. Typically, in times of economic uncertainty and downturn, IT braces itself for an uncomfortable...(read more)

Seth's Blog: The growing productivity divide

bernardc — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:02:05 GMT

Seth calls out a number of functions that most people could use to become more productive. Seth calls these out to call people to learn how to use the technology at their fingertips. He asks "Can you imagine someone who works in a factory that processes...(read more)

Not that we haven't been saying it all along but...

bernardc — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:42:53 GMT

"BI applications do not exist in isolation - they are an integral part of what Forrester calls Information Workplace, which involves many other applications such as collaboration, portals, search, office applications and others. While many BI vendors...(read more)

Gemini Announcements

bernardc — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:28:18 GMT

You can check out the full release on our next wave of BI here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/oct08/10-06BI08PR.mspx It's great to see this kind of vision so early. And it's also incredibly timely. If the credit crisis has taught us anything...(read more)

THE BI Blog : Boris Evelson of Forrester looks into his Crystal Ball and sees Gemini

bernardc — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:18:20 GMT

The BI Team are having something of an exciting week this week at the BI Conference. There have been a number of exciting announcements this week and it's great to see this kind of recognition from Forrester. One of the most important aspects of any BI...(read more)

Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile! : Nearly half of Britons suffer "discomgoogolation"

bernardc — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:18:04 GMT

Nearly half of Britons -- 44 percent -- are discomgoogolation sufferers, according to a survey, with over a quarter -- 27 percent -- admitting to rising stress levels when they are unable to go online. Interesting statistics. It appears that not having...(read more)

//steve clayton: geek in disguise : Unilever staff use Facebook

bernardc — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Another good spot from Steve. I blogged about Software Consumarization before. The Unilever example is not atypical. Businesses from all walks of life are finding it challenging to integrate a digitally enabled workforce into an organization viewed...(read more)

CIOs On Cloud Computing - Cloud Computing Blog - InformationWeek

bernardc — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:23:39 GMT

There's been much press on this lately. We've long held that whilst there's a future in cloud computing and software-as-a-service, the current limitations in reliability and privacy mean a pure-play cloud solution is unlikely to ever be truly viable....(read more)

Business Intelligence Is Not An Oxymoron - CIOs Uncensored Blog - InformationWeek

bernardc — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:12:40 GMT

I'm a little tardy picking this one up... http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/07/business_intell_2.html?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL ... but I love stories like this. BI is very much a productivity exercise. In this case it's more about...(read more)

Digital WPC

bernardc — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:34:26 GMT

Soon we will have all the WPC sessions online @ www.microsoft.com/digitalwpc The two BPI breakouts are "The Chemical Synapse" and "Sales Execution Packages - New Ways to Promote Cross-Capability and Integrated Business Productivity Platform...(read more)

Jason Langridge's WebLog - MR Mobile! : How quickly do you expect a response on email?

bernardc — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:15:18 GMT

Good find by Jason. In line with my previous post, customers have far greater expectations on how rapidly organizations can react to their needs. That can range from delivering a product to replying to e-mail. One very powerful tool that BPI offers is...(read more)

Are the risk averse most at risk?

bernardc — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:26:58 GMT

In IBM's "The Enterprise of the Future" there is a profile of "financial outperformers" and "underperformers" driven by research from the Global CEO Study series. This is accompanied by the statement "financial outperformers...(read more)

Thanks for a great WPC

bernardc — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:46:26 GMT

Thanks to all the partners who attended WPC this year and to stop by the booth - especially those of you who were interested in more than getting their stars and their hands on our bouncing balls! I had some great conversations with people by the booth...(read more)

What is Search?

bernardc — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:05:58 GMT

Examining the Oxford English Dictionary, there are more definitions than one might expect. It's no surprise, therefore, with so many definitions of "search" in the English language, that defining it in the context of a technology solution and...(read more)

THE BI Blog : Beyond Business Intelligence @ Microsoft CEO Summit

bernardc — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:39:56 GMT

Thanks to Pej for posting this one. It really is a good demonstration of how each of the five capabilities of BPI work best when they are applied together to provide this kind of synergy. It adds weight to the argument that you can't do BI without having...(read more)

What CIOs Say About Innovation And Web 2.0 Tools - CIOs Uncensored Blog - InformationWeek

bernardc — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:54:46 GMT

Some interesting thoughts from InformationWeek. Collaboration is a challenge/solution/capability applied to a variety of business processes. One that's increasingly common is innovation. There's a very definite momentum gathering in the formalization...(read more)

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 to provide native support for ODF and PDF document format standards

bernardc — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:21:23 GMT

Putting our money where our mouth is... Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 to provide native support for ODF and PDF document format standards...(read more)

We'll be at WPC

bernardc — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:15:46 GMT

We're really excited to have the opportunity to present at this year's Microsoft WorldWide Partner Conference in Houston. The topic of Bernard's presentation will be: Become a “Chemical Synapse”. Use the combined proposition of BPIO and Microsoft’s...(read more)