The Data Puzzle

Learn about Design Basics in PerformancePoint Server 2007

datafusion — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:51:00 GMT

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)

Microsoft Access 2007 earns GCN Lab Reviewer’s Choice

datafusion — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:24:28 GMT

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)

Ask Maps Now Using Virtual Earth

datafusion — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:02:06 GMT

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)

A PerformancePoint Server 2007 Wordle word cloud

datafusion — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:02:00 GMT

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)

The New Microsoft Office Online page for PerformancePoint Server 2007 is looking GOOD!

datafusion — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:33:55 GMT

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)

Use Microsoft Outlook 2007 to view your dashboard (and a few other tips)

datafusion — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:26:00 GMT

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)

PerformancePoint’s Most Versatile Report Type: the Web page!

datafusion — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:14:10 GMT

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)

The vBusiness Expo in Second Life

datafusion — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:51:39 GMT

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)

Two new PerformancePoint blogs that I'm excited to tell you about

datafusion — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:26:00 GMT

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)

Using Visualization to aid analysis

datafusion — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:15:26 GMT

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)

Data visualization using Virtual Earth

datafusion — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:21:35 GMT

Watch the full presentation here . Hat tip to The BI Blog ....(read more)

First Business Intelligence sizer for SQL Server 2005 by HP

datafusion — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:06:11 GMT

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)

New White Paper on Performance Tuning with PerformancePoint Server 2007

datafusion — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:43:00 GMT

"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)

BI research tool suite that focuses on Natural Language Processing

datafusion — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:20:00 GMT

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)

Arrington describes Twitter as an Early Stage Warning System for Brands and Companies

datafusion — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:13:00 GMT

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)