December 2008 - Posts

Save money by incorporating best practices for Data Warehousing
27 December 08 12:17 AM | normbi | 5 Comments   

I just read an article called Best Practices for Data Warehousing with SQL Server 2008 that is worth your reading. The article covers some of the most important data warehousing features in SQL Server 2008 and outlines best practices for using them effectively. Read More...

Running Office SharePoint and SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V environment
22 December 08 03:41 AM | normbi | 0 Comments   

Because PerformancePoint Server is integrated with SQL Server and Office SharePoint Server (or WSS), I want to mention Dan Wesley's post regarding support and guidance for deploying Office SharePoint Server on Hyper-V in a TechNet article, Using SharePoint Read More...

The economy, software, and business intelligence
20 December 08 11:12 PM | normbi | 1 Comments   

I just read Generating positive PR for the IT department and a couple of trends seem evident. · "A majority of IT executives polled worry most about IT and business alignment." IT and business: Separate but equal no more · IT needs to better communicate Read More...

PerformancePoint Server SP2: Hyper-V is supported
17 December 08 01:58 AM | normbi | 1 Comments   

IT Pro writer, Hal, wrote a great post about PerformancePoint Server (PPS) Service Pack 2 here . I want to add that there is no better time than the present to communicate the potential cost savings that come from consolidating server hardware using Windows Read More...

PerformancePoint SP2 is now LIVE!
10 December 08 07:00 PM | halzucati | 1 Comments   

Hal here with a quick update. PerformancePoint Server SP2 is LIVE!. The PerformancePoint Server Service Pack 2 (SP2) update has just released and is ready for download and installation. Find it here: 32bit - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a0990a7e-81cd-4080-b95b-2aeda981f4eb&DisplayLang=en Read More...

Management Reporter revisited
01 December 08 02:51 PM | normbi | 0 Comments   

Management Reporter The new, free add-on to PPS, Management Reporter , deserves more press. As Andrew Fryer said it, the reporting tool launched, "very quietly, in fact so quietly that you would only know about it by searching for it by name..." Andrew Read More...