The Update - July 2008
HOT TOPICS
Gates exits Microsoft to focus on charity work
BI Trends: The Next Generation of Performance Management
IDC Report Sees Steady Growth for BI, Pent-Up Demand for Analytics
Who's Hot and Who's Not in BI, Analytics?
Kimball University: Microsoft SQL Server Comes of Age for Data Warehousing
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 appealing as ERP refresh
Hiring Business Intelligence Resources When You're Too Busy to Hire Business Intelligence Resources
UPCOMING EVENTS
How does it all stack up?
6 part Seminar Series, sponsored by Inetium & Microsoft
July 17, Aug 7 & 28, Sept 18
Omaha, NE
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Dashboard in a Day - sponsored by Quilogy
Sept 9 - Kansas City, MO
Sept 11 - Fairview Heights, IL
Sept 16 - Omaha, NE
Sept 18 - Chicago, IL
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Microsoft BI Conference
Oct 6-8
Seattle, WA
https://www.microsoftbiconference.com/
UPCOMING WEBCASTS
* all times listed below are for Pacific time zone
PerformancePoint Server Webcast Demo
July 15, 11am
July 29, 11am
Achieving Business Intelligence Across the Enterprise presented by Thorogood
July 17, 9am - Increase Accessibility of Information
Aug 21, 9am - Maximize Business Performance
Sept 18, 9am - Realize Fast & Effective Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
Microsoft Business Intelligence for Retail - sponsored by Solver
July 31, 11am
Aug 14, 11am
Aug 28, 11am
Sept 11, 11am
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TRAINING
PerformancePoint Training Sites
Online: PPS Planning, Monitoring and Analytics (includes videos and workbooks)
Online: ProClarity
Business Intelligence Education Services
PerformancePoint 2007 Boot Camp (4 Day) - click here for more info
Irvine, CA: Aug 4-7
BI Courses, including SQL 2005, PPS and ProClarity
Microsoft BI Bootcamp (5 day) - click here for more info
Beaverton, OR: Sept 8-12
Seattle, WA: Dec 8-12
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 Monitoring & Analytics
BI Courses, including SQL 2005, PPS and ProClarity
Microsoft BI Bootcamp (5 day) - click here for more info