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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The Industry Insiders : Business Intelligence</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/tags/Business+Intelligence/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Business Intelligence</description><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Speaking at SQL Bits</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/2009/01/06/speaking-at-sql-bits.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:48:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3176989</guid><dc:creator>Andrew_Fryer</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/comments/3176989.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3176989</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;In this unusual Industry post I have got the industry insider on camera to discuss why you should get involved in the premier SQL community event, &lt;a href="http://www.sqlbits.com/default.aspx"&gt;SQL Bits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Take it away &lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/pages/chris-testa-o-neill.aspx"&gt;Chris Testa O’Neill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:49347c4c-520f-4765-8c89-3b10f4370627" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;&lt;div id="1783482b-44a5-446a-bae2-e25b546931c2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWfhtma9dg" target="_new"&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/blogfiles/industry_insiders/WindowsLiveWriter/SpeakingatSQLBits_C22C/video7190f9f8ce98.jpg" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('1783482b-44a5-446a-bae2-e25b546931c2'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &amp;quot;&amp;lt;div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;object width=\&amp;quot;425\&amp;quot; height=\&amp;quot;355\&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;param name=\&amp;quot;movie\&amp;quot; value=\&amp;quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/XsWfhtma9dg&amp;amp;hl=en\&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/param&amp;gt;&amp;lt;embed src=\&amp;quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/XsWfhtma9dg&amp;amp;hl=en\&amp;quot; type=\&amp;quot;application/x-shockwave-flash\&amp;quot; width=\&amp;quot;425\&amp;quot; height=\&amp;quot;355\&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/embed&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/object&amp;gt;&amp;lt;\/div&amp;gt;&amp;quot;;" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p&gt;SQL Bits goes fourth is on&amp;#160; 28th march this time in Manchester. If you decide you would like to get involved like Chris then you need to register as a speaker &lt;a href="http://www.sqlbits.com/information/SessionSubmission.aspx"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and submit your session.&amp;#160; Delegates registering for the event then vote on the sessions they want to see and the best go through.&amp;#160; BTW if you want to see Chris’s session it’s &lt;a href="http://www.sqlbits.com/Agenda/event3/End_to_End_Report_Creation_and_Management_using_Microsoft_SQL_Server_2008/default.aspx#Video"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:ca7b4613-c33e-485f-ad74-144d3063b911" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/sql+server" rel="tag"&gt;sql server&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/sqlbits" rel="tag"&gt;sqlbits&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tags/community+event" rel="tag"&gt;community event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3176989" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/tags/Data/default.aspx">Data</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/tags/Business+Intelligence/default.aspx">Business Intelligence</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/tags/SQL+Server+2008/default.aspx">SQL Server 2008</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/tags/SQL+Server/default.aspx">SQL Server</category></item><item><title>Data Presentation in Sharepoint</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/2008/05/07/data-presentation-in-sharepoint.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3051716</guid><dc:creator>Andrew_Fryer</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/comments/3051716.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3051716</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Jennifer Stirrup from Aspective has written another great business intelligence article for us on her experiences of &lt;A class="" href="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/pages/representation-of-data-in-sharepoint.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/pages/representation-of-data-in-sharepoint.aspx"&gt;presenting data in SharePoint&lt;/A&gt;. Jennifer rightly points out that getting the numbers right is not enough, easy to understand and compelling visualtisations are also needed by the business.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3051716" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/tags/Business+Intelligence/default.aspx">Business Intelligence</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/tags/SharePoint/default.aspx">SharePoint</category></item><item><title>Business Intelligence and the importance of users</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/2008/04/25/business-intelligence-and-the-importance-of-users.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3044737</guid><dc:creator>Andrew_Fryer</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/comments/3044737.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3044737</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;It's about time there were a few business intelligence posts on Industry Insiders so I am pleased to get an article about the &lt;A href="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/pages/microsoft-bi-and-the-importance-of-users.aspx"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#0065e2&gt;Microsoft BI and the importance of users&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt; in form Jennifer Stirrup from Aspective - a Vodafone company. Jennifer has over ten years experience in working with SQL Server, and has specialised in BI and reporting for the last 6 years. Jennifer is currently working towards her Microsoft BI certification.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3044737" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/tags/Articles/default.aspx">Articles</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/archive/tags/Business+Intelligence/default.aspx">Business Intelligence</category></item></channel></rss>