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Learn about Design Basics in PerformancePoint Server 2007
Technorati Tags: PerformancePoint Server , BI , Design , business , intelligence From the abstract : “This white paper provides guidance and best practices for the decision makers who are involved in designing and building a Microsoft PerformancePoint Read More...
Posted 21 July 08 07:51 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
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Microsoft Access 2007 earns GCN Lab Reviewer’s Choice
Technorati Tags: Access 2007 , GCN Government Computer News is a highly regarded source that covers IT news within the federal government. GCN Labs regularly test and review software, and came just published a very favorable review of Access 2007. Congratulations Read More...
Posted 09 July 08 04:24 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
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Ask Maps Now Using Virtual Earth
Information management often includes incorporating Geospatial data via a mapping platform. Ask.com has chosen Microsoft Virtual Earth as their new mapping platform, which makes everyone here in Redmond really happy! Chris Pendleton explains more about Read More...
Posted 02 July 08 03:02 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
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A PerformancePoint Server 2007 Wordle word cloud
Wordle is a lot of fun to use if you’re a data visualization geek like I am. I took Gartner’s October 2007 report on PerformancePoint Server 2007, selected the Key Points, and copied and pasted it into the Wordle Web page. Wordle works by turning text Read More...
Posted 22 June 08 04:02 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
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The New Microsoft Office Online page for PerformancePoint Server 2007 is looking GOOD!
Kudos to everyone who had a hand in redesigning the Office Online portal page for all things PerformancePoint, including Service Pack 1, A list of Community Blogs, Tutorials, and How To pages for a variety of Monitoring and Planning topics. Help for PerformancePoint Read More...
Posted 06 June 08 09:33 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
Use Microsoft Outlook 2007 to view your dashboard (and a few other tips)
As most of us who are involved with organizing data know, Microsoft Outlook is a frequently used tool for many people across the enterprise. So why not use it to view your deployed Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007 dashboard as well? We’re now offering Read More...
Posted 03 June 08 08:26 by datafusion | 2 Comments   
PerformancePoint’s Most Versatile Report Type: the Web page!
Blogger friend Nick Barclay has written a great post about this topic at his blog. The ability to import a Web page into the dashboard to supplement other report types as well as the scorecard is a great way to express important metrics in ways that you Read More...
Posted 01 May 08 08:14 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
The vBusiness Expo in Second Life
Will you be attending this free virtual event ? I’ll be checking it out in a few minutes. In the meantime, here’s a video to give you a taste of what’s possible in terms of sharing information across a virtual 3D platform like Second Life, compliments Read More...
Posted 26 April 08 05:51 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
Two new PerformancePoint blogs that I'm excited to tell you about
Alan Whitehouse's Ramblings Alan works for TGO Consulting and is Microsoft-certified in PerformancePoint Server 2007. I was pointed to his blog by Microsoft MVP Adrian Downes , who co-wrote two excellent books on the subject, and to whom I STILL owe a Read More...
Posted 25 April 08 07:26 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
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Using Visualization to aid analysis
I love this approach to mapping and visualizing data to enhance analysis created by IntellectSpace . Click on the picture to see how IntellectSpace works. Hat tip to the excellent Sources and Methods for pointing me to it. Read More...
Posted 12 April 08 07:15 by datafusion | 1 Comments   
Data visualization using Virtual Earth
Watch the full presentation here . Hat tip to The BI Blog . Read More...
Posted 12 April 08 03:21 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
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First Business Intelligence sizer for SQL Server 2005 by HP
From the HP website: “The HP Business Intelligence Sizer for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is an automated tool that helps determine the appropriate hardware configuration for a database server used in a data warehousing ROLAP (Relational Online Analytical Read More...
Posted 11 April 08 12:06 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
New White Paper on Performance Tuning with PerformancePoint Server 2007
"PerformancePoint Planning Server Performance Tuning" Executive Summary: "Planning Server is part of Microsoft ® Office PerformancePoint ™ Server 2007. This white paper is for analysts and IT professionals who want guidance about Planning Server scalability Read More...
Posted 07 April 08 08:43 by datafusion | 1 Comments   
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BI research tool suite that focuses on Natural Language Processing
While I'm happy to see NLP put to such good use in this search tool for financial research professionals, I'm not as floored by it as Marshall Kirkpatrick is. The fact that they're collecting subscription fees of $10K per year per user tells me that there's Read More...
Posted 07 April 08 08:20 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
Arrington describes Twitter as an Early Stage Warning System for Brands and Companies
Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) lost his Comcast Internet service a couple of days ago. After 36 hours of exasperation with Comcast customer service runarounds, he vented his frustration about it on Twitter. Since Michael is one of the highest profile Read More...
Posted 07 April 08 05:13 by datafusion | 0 Comments   
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