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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...

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...

My Trip To Redmond Continued....... MOSS 2007 Retail Solutions

The trip was a killer, but it’s worth it….. don’t irritate the border control guys, they take things too seriously. It was my first trip to Redmond and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. The next morning after my arrival I went for my first appointment with Shish Shridhar , Retail Industry Solution Specialist for Microsoft and the person with plenty firsthand experience from the very frontlines of Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and BI customer solutions for the Retail Industry. I spent a long time listening...