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SQL Server 2008

Want to know more about the features in SQL Server 2008 around BI? Take a look at this whitepaper.... http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_bi.mspx Included in This Document: Introduction Unifying Data Storage and Access Building
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PerformancePoint events

Just seen these PerformancePoint events through the partner community. Partners can invite their customers to the morning event and then join them at lunch and attend the afternoon event. Events for Customers: Monday 19 th November - AM - Cardinal Place,
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Performance Point is now on Volume Licencing

See more @ www.microsoft.com/performancepoint Please see below the relevant information to get started. In addition there is lots of helpful documents... check out the Office Developer Portal and TechCenter for deployment and operations guides, technical
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MOPPS training - thats Performance Point!

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Technical training . This four day instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills to architect and build Business Intelligence solutions using Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint Server
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SAP to buy Business Objects

There has been speculation around this for some time but it has now been announced that SAP are to buy Business Objects. At a cost of $6.8B. More consolidation of the market. Find out more here
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UK BI Community Day

We are holding a Community event for our UK Partners that have attained the Data Management Competency. Please look at the below details and register.... Data Management Partner BI Community Event – 27th September 2007 Dear Partner, I would like to invite
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4 cool new features in SQL Server 2008

Here is a good summary of cool new features as per latest Community Technology Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2008. Article here
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Oracle charges for extra functionality

Oracle has released details on the pricing of its Oracle Database 11g software, disclosing that some of the most talked-about features in the new release will be sold as extra-cost add-ons. When the vendor announced the 11g version of its database in
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Microsoft Partners Stake Claims in Sharepoint Goldmine

When we are talking to our Partners it is important that we highlight the opportunity around expanding the Microsoft stack. For this reason, Sharepoint is an important product for any partners in the BI space. This article about how Microsoft partners
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"Katmai" Anchor for BI Strategy

The first Microsoft BI Conference has taken place and as expected there have been some announcements! Take a look at this summary on Microsoft Watch. "Today, during its Business Intelligence Conference, Microsoft affirmed that next version SQL Server,
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More UK BI Bootcamps

Due to high popularity, we have just released 2 more dates for UK BI Bootcamps. Many of you have been asking me for this so please take a look and get booked on. Duration: 5 days Dates: 11th June 2007 @ London 25th June 2007 @ Maidenhead Overview With
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Top Ten Tips: sorting, grouping, and summarising SQL data

Arranging data in a manner that's meaningful can be a challenge. Sometimes a simple sort will do it. But sometimes you will need to do more by creating groups to analyse and summarise. Fortunately, SQL offers a number of clauses and operators for sorting,
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Don't be disappointed - extra dates for UK BI Bootcamp!

I recently blogged about BI Bootcamp training we are holding here in UK. Some courses have become fully booked so we have added some extra dates and some new locations. Dates: 26th March: London 21st May: Altrincham Overview: This is a 5 day course with
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Oracle - Consolidation continues

Just back from my holidays and yet more consolidation of the BI marketplace has taken place! There has been speculation on potential acquisitions recently and Gartner has been suggesting that this market will move towards a smaller number of "mega-vendors".

Still #1 on OLAP report

Good news from www.olapreport.com – Microsoft continues to be number 1 and grow OLAP market share! We have almost one third of the market share (31.6%) (last year 27.9%). We were also one of the few vendors that actually grew market share last year and
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