| Welcome to the 6th issue of the Microsoft Business Intelligence Newsletter!
This special edition of the newsletter is focused on the 2nd Annual Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference, which took place from October 6 - 8th in Seattle, WA. If you weren't able to join us, it was a fantastic event and we've highlighted the best the event had to offer for you here in this newsletter. For those of you who were able to join us, Thank You! We hope the event was as valuable for you and it was for all of us at Microsoft. We hope you'll still find value in this newsletter given all of the activities that took place over the 3+ days of the Conference. Enjoy the newsletter!
| | Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference 2008 |
Spotlight Microsoft Empowers Enterprises to Think Bigger About Business Intelligence Microsoft Corp. kicked off its second annual Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) Conference 2008 on October 6th by announcing groundbreaking new technologies that will enable enterprises to bring the power of BI to information workers organizationwide. New "managed self-service" business intelligence technologies and enhanced enterprise-class data warehousing capabilities usher in era of truly pervasive BI. Click here to read the full press release. Watch Stephen Elop's Conference Kickoff Keynote Check out the lead-off Keynote presentation from the second annual Microsoft BI Conference by Stephen Elop, the President of the Microsoft Business Division. He talks about Microsoft's unique ability to deliver on the promise of pervasive business intelligence. Click here to watch the Keynote.
Product News Microsoft Announces Groundbreaking New Technologies that will Enable Enterprises to Bring the Power of BI to Information Workers Organizationwide. Microsoft introduced new managed self-service analysis capabilities code-named "Project Gemini," and self-service reporting upcoming in the next release of Microsoft SQL Server focused on BI - code-named "Kilimanjaro." Alongside this Microsoft will also deliver advanced data warehousing functionality being developed under the project code-named "Madison." These new tools will empower companies to extend the benefits of BI across their ranks to information workers with minimal reliance on IT to help drive smarter, quicker decision-making, free up IT staff for more valuable activities, and dramatically drive down deployment costs. Watch Ted Kummert's Day 1 keynote to learn more and see the products in action! Learn More About How Microsoft BI is Enabling the People_Ready Business Check out the Day 3 Conference keynote featuring Kurt DelBene, Senior Vice President of the Microsoft Office Business Platform Group, to learn more about where Microsoft BI is heading in the future and to see the 'coolest BI demo' of Microsoft Business Intelligence running on the new Microsoft Surface device! Talk about a new way to interact with BI information... Click here to watch the Keynote and see the demo.
Customer Success Microsoft Announces the Business Intelligence Customer Award Winners! Microsoft presented the 2nd annual Microsoft Business Intelligence Customer Awards at the BI Conference. Congratulations to Quiznos, Intel, Pilot Travel Centers and Steve Wetzel from Maricopa County on winning the awards in their respective categories and for the impressive results they've driven for their organizations using Microsoft Business Intelligence products! Click here to watch the Customer Award Finalist Video to learn more about this year's nominees. For more information on the BI Customer Awards Program and this year's winners, please visit the BI Conference website. Premier Bankcard Runs Business With 12-Terabyte Mission-Critical BI Solution Premier Bankcard is one of the nation's leading credit card providers to the underserved, yet creditworthy market. The company now runs its business on a comprehensive, 12 terabyte BI solution, providing enhanced analysis and better decision making capabilities to approximately 3,000 employees. Click here to watch a video about their success on the Microsoft BI platform.
Partners Learn More about Microsoft's Featured BI Partners Microsoft would like to recognize the following partners for sponsoring the Conference and for helping us make it such a success. Visit our featured partners to learn more about how they enhance the Microsoft BI platform. Learn more!
Events Listen in on a Variety of Podcast Interviews Live from the BI Conference! Thanks to our Premier Media Partner, the Business Intelligence Network, you can listen to brief podcast interviews from a variety of conference attendees, including Microsoft BI customers, partners, product experts and executives. Check it out!
Resources Wireside Chat Interview with Stephen Elop Check out the interview with Stephen Elop, the President of the Microsoft Business Division, as he shares his thoughts on the "democratization" of business intelligence. Click here to watch the interview. Check out the BI Blog to get up to speed on Microsoft BI Read THE BI Blog to catch up on the latest blog posts recapping all of the activities and excitement from the Conference and add it to your RSS feed! Read the Data Platform Insider Blog to to find out about the trillion row query SQL Server 2008 returned in seconds! Read the Data Platform Insider Blog to learn more about SQL Server 2008. You'll also get the latest news on the next release of SQL Server codenamed "Kilimanjaro".
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