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In this session (with live Q&A): A survey conducted during the heart of the recession said most employees were planning to look for new jobs as soon as the job market opened up. Before you lose people to greener pastures, find out what you can do to retain employees-without it costing you a fortune.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 11:00 AM Pacific Time (U.S. & Canada) | | | | | Microsoft Business Intelligence: Transform Data into Decisions | | View all the available webcasts, podcasts, and videos to learn more about comprehensive, fully integrated BI technologies from Microsoft. Discover tools that simplify the organization and distribution of information, foster better business decisions, and improve your bottom line. | | |  | Offers |  | | | Learn about key SQL Server 2008 R2 capabilities and deployment scenarios in this free e-book. | |  | | | PowerPivot lets you create compelling self-service BI solutions and facilitates sharing and collaboration on user-generated BI solutions in a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 environment. It also enables IT organizations to increase operational efficiencies through SQL Server 2008 R2–based management tools. | |  | | | Whether you need software, laptops, peripherals, or accessories, Microsoft Store has your business needs covered. | | |  | | Q: We are starting to see signs of recovery at our retail businesses (we sell baby and children's products online and from a physical storefront). But the last few years have hit our business pretty hard, and I feel like we're playing catch-up. I know I need to bring in new customers, but I suspect it might be easier (and less expensive) to try to bring back former customers who haven't shopped with us lately. Any ideas? | | | A: Your instincts are right on. And there are relatively easy (and inexpensive) ways for you to attract both new and old customers. It's likely you already have a lot of information about your former customers that you can use to bring them back. All it takes is examining the business intelligence you have collected about your customers and using it to market to them. Since you already have the information, it won't divert the funds you should budget to appeal to new customers. | | | | | Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows 2000 Professional will reach end of support on July 13, 2010. Customers should migrate to supported versions of Windows Client and Windows Server because if you encounter an issue or outage in your environment on an unsupported product, Microsoft engineers may not be able to help resolve this problem until you've upgraded to a supported level. | | | Join the Microsoft Business Resource Center for FREE, personalized help in getting more from your Microsoft software. | |  | Find A Partner In Your Area |  | Tips & Tricks |  | | Did you know you may already have a BI solution? Find out how to use features in the software you may have already. | | | | | Explore BI on this comprehensive site, where you can choose from videos, podcasts, white papers, demos, virtual labs, and more. | | |  | Downloads | | | SQL Server 2008 makes business intelligence available to everyone through deep integration with Microsoft Office by providing the right tool to the right user at the right price. | | | | | | | | |  | | | Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
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