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James Senior at Microsoft: Like a kid in a candy store

CIOs: BI more important than security

Interesting excerpt from InformationWeek: A Gartner survey of 1,400 CIOs earlier this year found...

Author: james Date: 06/12/2006

Deliver scheduled reports to a printer

I found this excellent article on MSDN which describes how to create an application that will...

Author: james Date: 06/09/2006

Selling SQL Server as a Database Platform

"This Sales Academy focuses on giving you all the knowledge and information you need when talking to...

Author: james Date: 06/09/2006

How and when to use mirroring in SQL Server 2005

Having released mirroring in Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, we've followed up by providing a...

Author: james Date: 06/08/2006

Microsoft's Business Intelligence Strategy

So what have Microsoft got in store when it comes to BI? Well, quite a bit actually! Lewis Levin, VP...

Author: james Date: 06/08/2006

Hands-on lab for Business Intelligence

At the end of this month in Los Angeles, MS Events are running a Business Intelligence Hands-on lab...

Author: james Date: 06/07/2006

Excel Dashboards

The Dashboard Spy has been reporting on how people are using Excel to provide nice looking...

Author: james Date: 06/07/2006

Beefing up Business Intelligence in Office - PerformancePoint Server 2007

As well as the cool new Business Intelligence features in the traditional Office applications like...

Author: james Date: 06/06/2006

Upcoming Business Intelligence Webcasts

These are well worth a look: Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) Using the Kimball Method (Level...

Author: james Date: 06/06/2006

NEW: Business Scorecard Manager 2005 - Sample Templates

We've just released some great templates that you can use to get you started with Business Scorecard...

Author: james Date: 05/26/2006

SQL Server over the years

I found this great post today by euanga who charts the history and growth of SQL Server throughout...

Author: james Date: 05/25/2006

I'm famous!

I've just had my first article published on Microsoft.com. It's an overview of Business Intelligence...

Author: james Date: 05/23/2006

Sybase Migration Tool - Deadline extended to 26th May!

Due to popular demand, the deadline for nominations to the Sybase Technical Adoption Program TAP has...

Author: james Date: 05/23/2006

SQL Server 2000 Knowledge Base

Wow! What a post by deepakc. He's provided a huge list of SQL Server 2000 links organised by...

Author: james Date: 05/22/2006

Sarbanes-Oxley on SQL Server 2005

I've just finished reading an interesting article on a DBA who used some of the new features in SQL...

Author: james Date: 05/22/2006

PTS-TV: Business Intelligence

My team has recently launched a new TV show called PTS-TV. We're talking about our various...

Author: james Date: 05/22/2006

Reporting Services on SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

What's the best thing about SQL Server 2005 Express Edition?? It's Free! What's the second best...

Author: james Date: 05/22/2006

Scaling out SQL Server 2005

We often hear about scaling up when it comes to our server environments, but what about scaling out?...

Author: james Date: 05/18/2006

Business Intelligence Webcast

If you want to see the Microsoft BI "stack" in action or get a better understanding about what...

Author: james Date: 05/18/2006

Bill Gates on Business Intelligence

So what does my boss think about Business Intelligence? Well he reckons it's pretty important and...

Author: james Date: 05/17/2006

SQL Server Mobile 3.0 Supported Platforms

This release of SQL Server Mobile supports: · Pocket PC 2003 platform · Windows CE 5.0 · Windows...

Author: james Date: 05/17/2006

Business Scorecard Manager FAQ

If you are looking for a quick answer to questions relating to Business Scorecard Manager, then...

Author: james Date: 05/16/2006

3 days left for nominations

Get them in quick - there's only three days left for entries to our Sybase migration tool beta...

Author: james Date: 05/16/2006

Reporting Services with Netweaver

There's a new article available from the Microsoft.com website which talks about using one of the...

Author: james Date: 05/10/2006

Migration from Sybase to SQL Server made easy

The SQL Server Migration Assistant for Sybase has been released on a customer technology preview...

Author: james Date: 05/08/2006

Coding with your voice

A new tool has been revealed called VoiceCode that allows programmers to code using their voice. It...

Author: james Date: 04/29/2006

Drive the streets of San Fran

I stumbled across this little gem today. It's a technology preview app using AJAX and Virtual Earth...

Author: james Date: 04/21/2006

SQL Server 2005 SP1 now available!

Download it here:...

Author: james Date: 04/20/2006

Download SQL Server 2005 Feature Pack

With the SQL Server 2005 Feature Pack you get the following tools: Microsoft ADOMD.NET Microsoft...

Author: james Date: 04/20/2006

Free Business Scorecard Manager 2005 Online Training

These free online training courses for Business Scorecard Manager 2005 are available for anyone to...

Author: james Date: 04/18/2006

Do you want to change how long it takes to Deploy a Windows Server Into Production?

Putting any server into production in today's IT environments is complex, with magnitudes of...

Author: james Date: 04/18/2006

Free SQL Server & BI E-Learning Courses

Want to upgrade your SQL Server 2000 skills to 2005? Curious about what SQL Server 2005 can offer...

Author: james Date: 04/13/2006

Project REAL - Learnings from BI deployment

I am currently making my way through the series of articles that have been produced as part of...

Author: james Date: 04/10/2006

UK Traffic Apps

I came across this cool application which uses the new AJAX capabilities in .NET. "Atlas" as it's...

Author: james Date: 04/07/2006

Business Intelligence Development Studio Licensing

I had a question from a customer yesterday about how many copies of Business Intelligence...

Author: james Date: 04/06/2006

ProClarity

Last thing yesterday (UK time), Microsoft announced the aquistion of the BI analytics company,...

Author: james Date: 04/04/2006

SQL Server 2005 Webcasts and Virtual Labs

Want to check out SQL Server 2005 capabilities and features? Want to get access to a no-install...

Author: james Date: 04/03/2006

Front End Business Intelligence

I often get questions from management about the "end product" that they will see from Business...

Author: james Date: 03/31/2006

Made in Express

Author: james Date: 03/29/2006

Are you a SQL Express Hero?

If you have a great story about developing an application using Visual Studio Express and/or SQL...

Author: james Date: 03/29/2006

Improving MSN Search using SQL Server 2005

I'm finding new blogs on SQL Server and B.I. all the time, and the latest is this effort from Jamie...

Author: james Date: 03/28/2006

BBC at Mix06

I just finished watching a demo from the recent Mix06 conference in Las Vegas where Microsoft had a...

Author: james Date: 03/28/2006

SQL Server Query Optimization Blog

The guys over at the SQL Server Query Optimization team have started a new blog. Should be a useful...

Author: james Date: 03/27/2006

Virtual Labs

I'm not sure about the awareness of our "Virtual Labs", (I know that I hadn't heard about them...

Author: james Date: 03/27/2006

New SQL Server 2005 Reporting Packs

Yesterday we released eight new SQL Server 2005 Reporting Packs. They provide some great examples of...

Author: james Date: 03/25/2006

New Name Decided!

Thanks for the suggestion by Tony Soper for my Blog's title. I was so taken with Magnum B.I. that I...

Author: james Date: 03/23/2006

Welcome one and all

Well hello, and welcome to my brand new blog! My plan for this little slice of internet real estate...

Author: james Date: 03/21/2006

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