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Learn about Design Basics in PerformancePoint Server 2007

Technorati Tags: PerformancePoint Server,BI,Design,business,intelligence From the abstract: “This...

Date: 07/21/2008

Microsoft Access 2007 earns GCN Lab Reviewer’s Choice

Technorati Tags: Access 2007,GCN Government Computer News is a highly regarded source that covers IT...

Date: 07/08/2008

Ask Maps Now Using Virtual Earth

Information management often includes incorporating Geospatial data via a mapping platform. Ask.com...

Date: 07/02/2008

A PerformancePoint Server 2007 Wordle word cloud

Wordle is a lot of fun to use if you’re a data visualization geek like I am. I took Gartner’s...

Date: 06/22/2008

The New Microsoft Office Online page for PerformancePoint Server 2007 is looking GOOD!

Kudos to everyone who had a hand in redesigning the Office Online portal page for all things...

Date: 06/06/2008

Use Microsoft Outlook 2007 to view your dashboard (and a few other tips)

As most of us who are involved with organizing data know, Microsoft Outlook is a frequently used...

Date: 06/03/2008

PerformancePoint’s Most Versatile Report Type: the Web page!

Blogger friend Nick Barclay has written a great post about this topic at his blog. The ability to...

Date: 05/01/2008

The vBusiness Expo in Second Life

Will you be attending this free virtual event? I’ll be checking it out in a few minutes. In the...

Date: 04/26/2008

Two new PerformancePoint blogs that I'm excited to tell you about

Alan Whitehouse's Ramblings Alan works for TGO Consulting and is Microsoft-certified in...

Date: 04/25/2008

Using Visualization to aid analysis

I love this approach to mapping and visualizing data to enhance analysis created by IntellectSpace....

Date: 04/12/2008

Data visualization using Virtual Earth

Watch the full presentation here. Hat tip to The BI Blog.

Date: 04/12/2008

First Business Intelligence sizer for SQL Server 2005 by HP

From the HP website: “The HP Business Intelligence Sizer for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is an...

Date: 04/10/2008

New White Paper on Performance Tuning with PerformancePoint Server 2007

"PerformancePoint Planning Server Performance Tuning" Executive Summary: "Planning Server is part of...

Date: 04/07/2008

BI research tool suite that focuses on Natural Language Processing

While I'm happy to see NLP put to such good use in this search tool for financial research...

Date: 04/07/2008

Arrington describes Twitter as an Early Stage Warning System for Brands and Companies

Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) lost his Comcast Internet service a couple of days ago. After 36...

Date: 04/07/2008

Check out TweetStats

TweetStats is a remarkable little gem built on Ruby on Rails that will graph your tweets (or those...

Date: 04/06/2008

Sun’s Java Loses to Microsoft’s .NET in monitoring weapons sales

This news comes from Defense Industry Daily: The Defense Security Assistance Management System (and...

Date: 04/06/2008

I’m a Twitter-er

I’m new at it, but I’m convinced that Twitter offers bloggers a tremendous opportunity to create...

Date: 04/03/2008

Help, How To, Guides, Manuals, & Forums for Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007

Planning Help: How do I ... Roadmap: How do I write a business rule? How do I export data with an...

Date: 03/21/2008

Non-expert guidance beats the experts in this study

The March, 2008 issue of Communications of the ACM has some fascinating articles, one of which I...

Date: 03/20/2008

The Inaccurate Conception

Phillip Armour has written a very insightful article entitled "The Inaccurate Conception" for this...

Date: 03/14/2008

Blogs and News (BLEWS) promises a more intelligent information stream for news consumers

BLEWS is a Microsoft Research tool in the prototype stage which uses a variety of sophisticated...

Date: 03/09/2008