The 'I' in BI

Microsoft Business Intelligence Customer Awards Program

For the second year in a row at the Conference, we will be recognizing customers for their outstanding solutions built on the Microsoft Business Intelligence product family and the benefits their company has realized as a result. We are now accepting customer award entries on the Conference website.

Why should you encourage your customers to submit an application?

- Finalists will receive a free pass to the Conference!

- Finalists and Award Winners will be recognized in front of their peers, leading industry analysts and influencers, the press and Microsoft employees and executives

- Winning organizations will be recognized on the Microsoft BI Conference and Microsoft.com/bi websites

- Partners included on the nomination of winning applications will be recognized along with their customer

Microsoft Business Intelligence Customer Award Nominations are due August 1, 2008.

Click here for more information about the BI Customer Awards Program.

Get Involved by Sponsoring or Exhibiting at the Conference!

As a key Microsoft partner, we are pleased to offer you a variety of marketing sponsorship and exhibit opportunities at the annual Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference. If you haven’t done so already, we invite you to visit the Sponsors & Exhibitors page on the website for more information about becoming a Conference Sponsor or Exhibitor. You can also add yourself to the ‘interest’ list to be notified when packages are available in mid-April.

Registration

Registration for the Conference is scheduled to open in mid-June. Pricing for the event has not been finalized yet, however we will post that information to the website as soon as it’s available. We are expecting over 3,500 attendees at the event, so encourage your team and your customers to register early! Visit the Registration page on the website to add your name to the list for notification when registration opens.

Important Dates to Remember:

· Sponsorship & Exhibitor package information will be available in mid-April

· Registration is scheduled to go live in mid-June

· Nominations for the BI Customer Awards Program are due on August 1, 2008

· The Conference begins on Monday, October 6, 2008!

We hope that you will consider participating in the 2^nd Annual Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference 2008 from October 6 – 8, 2008. We look forward to seeing you in Seattle!

Thank you,