Gartner released its 2011 Business Intelligence Platform Magic Quadrant that lists vendors that should be considered when selecting a business intelligence (BI) platform to develop reporting and analysis applications....
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Like any new SQL Server technology, managed self-service BI raises some questions for BI pros, DBAs, and developers. Is managed self-service going to replace traditional BI? What does it mean for SQL Server professionals? SQL Server Magazine author and BI expert Stacia Misner answers these questions and more regarding managed self-service BI in the video “Managed Self-Service BI.” I highly recommend viewing this video if your company is looking for a better way to manage user-generated BI applications or is considering moving to SQL Server 2008 R2 in the future....
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Today, Microsoft and HP announced the availability of five new converged appliances—the HP Business Decision Appliance, the HP Enterprise Data Warehouse Appliance, the HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance, the HP Database Consolidation Appliance, and HP e5000 Messaging System for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. “What we are doing with these new appliances is offering an all-in-one solution that includes hardware and software preinstalled and preconfigured for customers to deploy new solutions specifically for BI, for data warehousing, and for database consolidation,” said Fausto Ibarra, senior director, Microsoft Business Intelligence....
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The latest version of SQL Server, code-named Denali, includes many new and improved features and tools, but I’ve been most interested in the changes made to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). In my quest to find out more about Denali’s SSIS improvements, I came across an excellent presentation by Steve Swartz, the SSIS Group Program Manager at Microsoft, that takes an in-depth look at all of the new and improved SSIS features in Denali. He walks you through each feature, including the redesigned UI, the upgraded SSIS server, and the new features that let you track impact and lineage within your SQL Server database....
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At PASS Summit 2010, Microsoft announced it's new Massively Parallel Processor (MPP) data warehousing appliance, SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Edition, has been released to manufacturing....
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Logi Ad Hoc has released Ad Hoc Version 10, a self-service BI application that lets business users create reports and dashboards....
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Stacia Misner talks about a handful of SSRS 2008 R2's lesser-known new features, including Excel rendering, shared data sets, and more....
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Implementing business intelligence (BI) in your database environment can be an overwhelming process. Not only do you have all that data to manage, but there are hundreds of BI solutions out there that work on a myriad of hardware solutions....
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Panorama Software announced NovaView for PowerPivot, a business intelligence (BI) suite built on top of the Microsoft PowerPivot platform. Panorama NovaView for PowerPivot adds capabilities to the PowerPivot platform to increase usability and feature breadth. Self-service BI capabilities of the product include a web interface, advanced analytics, and a data-level security layer. NovaView for PowerPivot also enables additional analysis, such as smart exceptions, instant calculations, and data formatting. Additional reporting features include pixel perfect reports and executive dashboards....
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A 2.2 release is often thought of as a minor release. However, expressor semantic data integration system 2.2 not only adds support for the latest SQL Server, Windows, and Internet Explorer (IE) versions (i.e., SQL Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, IE 8) but also includes major infrastructure improvements regarding performance, team development, and connectivity....
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