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Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:12 PM

Developing Business Intelligence Solutions with SharePoint 2007 and PerformancePoint 2007 - SADeveloper event - Post Event Info

Ok so it took me some time to write post event info on my last speaking event (better very late than never), namely: "Developing Business Intelligence Solutions with SharePoint 2007 and PerformancePoint 2007" ( http://dotnet.org.za/zlatan/archive/2008/04/04/developing-business-intelligence-solutions-with-sharepoint-2007-and-performancepoint-2007.aspx ) We've had a smaller crowd this time, mostly due to the session being organised right in the middle of the holidays but our diehard fans...
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Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:13 PM

South African Business Intelligence User Group Launch in Cape Town, a Success!! (Post Event Info)

Wow that was an awesome event, and perfect way start yet another great user group/community in Cape Town and Western Cape (we rule!!) and I'm proud that I was part of it. The event that was represented by prominent BI people from all sides of our industry also featured a brilliant presentation by John Swanepoel of Shoprite on one of the best examples I’ve seen on how BI should be done (Shoprite BI case study), I want to thank him for that and I hope to see more of his work in near future. Also...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:11 PM

South African Business Intelligence User Group Meeting - Cape Town 15th of April 2008

If you’re not signed up for this already please do it before it’s too late, I will be giving a Technical Session on PerformancePoint Server 2007 (number 4 in the Agenda) , see you there!!! See details below: 15 APRIL 2008 Come and share your experiences, both business and technical, at the South African Business Intelligence User Group Meeting. Customers will be sharing case studies, partners will be showcasing evidence and techies will be giving expert advice and opinions. Learn, Share, Grow. Date...
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Friday, April 04, 2008 12:29 PM

Developing Business Intelligence Solutions with SharePoint 2007 and PerformancePoint 2007

This session was actually scheduled for the 26th of March but we unfortunatelly had to postpone the meeting in the last minute as I needed to be in Johannesburg urgently (I'm finally back in CPT). Here's write up from the invite (you can also download it in pdf on infromationworker.co.za under events): S.A. Developer.net April 2008 Meeting - Developing Business Intelligence Solutions with SharePoint 2007 and PerformancePoint 2007 Please join us for an exciting session presented by Zlatan...
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Monday, February 18, 2008 5:43 PM

Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map

If you're an Office (OBA, SharePoint 2007, PerformancePoint 2007, Unified Communications, Groove, Project Server, Visio, etc etc) Developer , you're going to love this application. It's very useful, especially to people that are still grasping how the full Office offering from Microsoft works (Enterprise Content Management, Business Intelligence, etc etc) and also, it's also quite funky to use. Here's the link: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb497969.aspx "The Microsoft...
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Saturday, December 08, 2007 7:27 PM

Complete Office SharePoint Server 2007 training available for download

Finally.... comprehensive training for SharePoint 2007 has been released by Microsoft complemented with many videos tutorials and articles ( http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA102488011033.aspx ). This is invaluable for your colleagues, departments and companies that require comprehensive SharePoint training on the following MOSS 2007 topics: Collaboration Finding your way around a team site Understanding permissions Customizing a team site Linking calendars to Outlook Adding Web...
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Saturday, December 01, 2007 4:40 AM

Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization University (BPIO U) Online

This is invaluable for your sales people. Since Microsoft decided to, not just tap, but actually make a strong presence in the Enterprise Content Management and Performance Management (Business Intelligence) Market, and for some Partners here locally that were more infrastructure and some Web Content Management (old SP 2003) orientated this practically happened over night. Although now more and more of the MS Partners are trying to venture into this space and have done great job of skilling up their...
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Friday, October 05, 2007 12:15 PM

Microsoft Releases PerformancePoint Server 2007!!!

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/Sep07/09-19OfficePerformancePointPR.mspx " REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 19, 2007 — As part of its commitment to providing industry-leading business intelligence solutions, Microsoft Corp. has launched Microsoft ® Office PerformancePoint™ Server 2007, an application that enables companies to drive performance through monitoring, analyzing and planning their business using one integrated solution. Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) allows more people at...
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Monday, September 24, 2007 11:46 AM

Main Competition to SharePoint Server 2007 - ECM Market Leaders

After one of my previous posts ( SharePoint 2007 Workflow (WWF) VS OpenText Livelink Workflow ), few people came back to me, asking me: What is Livelink? What is Livelink Workflow? Livelink ( http://www.opentext.com/ ) is one of the leading Enterprise Content Management offerings from OpenText. It’s permanently featuring in the fourth Gartner Quadrant ( http://www.gartner.com/ ) together with its two main competitors (also giants in the ECM industry) Documentum ( http://www.documentum.com/ owned...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007 10:02 PM

Which SharePoint technology is right for you?

Many times questions like these came out of many discussions: Does SharePoint 2007 Standard support that? What is in WSS 3.0? Why should I go for SharePoint 2007 Enterprise Edition? Simple, yet detailed, answers to all of those questions you can find here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX101758691033.aspx You can also download it all in a handy Excel document here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/ha101978031033.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark...
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Saturday, August 25, 2007 11:32 PM

CTP4 of Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 has been released

If you're not already, I suggest you register at https://connect.microsoft.com/default.aspx . For those of you that are registered, you can download CTP4 in the download section. Additional product information about Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can be found at www.microsoft.com/performancepoint . Once you register, you will also have access to two useful newsgroups: Microsoft.beta.office.performancepoint.monitoranalyze (Concerto and Pro C larity questions) Microsoft.beta.office.performancepoint...
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Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:35 PM

Getting down with Microsoft Office Business Applications (OBAs)

Some of you might remember when Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Office Business Applications strategy at the TechEd US last year. Some of the more fortunate of us even had an opportunity to be there in person (not me). Basically the concept came after Microsoft decided to go into the whole Enterprise Content Management industry and compete with OpenText, EMC, and Filenet with it's very powerful, yours and my favourite, MS Sharepoint Server 2007. They made offering twice as competitive and twice...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:06 PM

PerformancePoint Server 2007 and how it positions itself with the rest of the Microsoft BI offering

Remember my last blog entry when I talked about Sharepoint 2007 Excel Services and Excel ? The stack looked something like the one below: By adding PerfomrancePoint Server Microsoft is adding a new layer to the stack that addresses Performance Management. Microsoft wants to make BI more complete, more corporate and more accountable. By more complete, they mean more subject areas and the whole BI process. They need to break these down separately. Most users, when they do personal BI, generally consume...
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Sunday, May 20, 2007 3:14 PM

Microsoft Office Business Applications (OBA) Presentation and Demo

On Thursday 17 th of May I did an internal presentation to my colleagues and consultants at Business Connexion on Microsoft Office Business Applications (OBAs) focusing mainly on Retail OBAs and also an overview on Health, Finance and Manfacturing OBAs, followed by Sharepoint 2007 Business Intelligence solutions (beautiful blend of Enterprise Content Management and Business Intelligence). Due to popular demand I will have to redo this demo (and due to some interruptions) this coming Thursday. Demo...
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Saturday, May 19, 2007 12:53 AM

Sharepoint 2007 Excel Services and Excel 2007 - Microsoft Business Intelligence

At the heart of today's Microsoft's Business Intelligence offering lies SQL 2005, this is where (chronologically) Microsoft began. Besides the relational engine, SQL Server provides three key components that support the three key technical activities, or verbs, of BI. Integration Services is the ETL tool. It lets you pull together data from multiple sources and create, or synthesize, new information. It's high-performance, with a very rich feature set. Analysis Services let's you...
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