Business Intelligence Software

Watch this short video to learn how to use Excel 2007 and the SQL Server Data Mining add-in to do goal analysis. ie. how can you increase sales from 10 million to 30 million? Download the Data Mining add-in here: www.microsoft.com Learn more about Microsoft BI here: blogs.msdn.com

BUSI 100 Business Intelligence project. This is the Excel version. Not the Microsoft BI Studio version. This also includes an intro to BI.

Brief demo of the CD menu for Multi-Dimensional Business Intelligence on 7 CD-ROMs video training course. SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) is a program product of Microsoft Corp.
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Build a brand new SSIS package which executes an SQL query and displays the results in a MessageBox.

Practice Fusion’s Matthew Douglass, VP of Product Development, and Bruno Aziza, Dir. of Business Intelligence at Microsoft, discuss the Analyze This! Challenge in the video “Visualize Health Trends. Track Adverse Drug Reactions. Chart Chronic Disease with Free Data”, produced for Microsoft’s BizIntelligence.tv. Practice Fusion has partnered with Health 2.0 and Microsoft to release the Practice Fusion Research Division data available free now on the Windows Marketplace. Here you can visualize healthcare trends, find adverse drug reactions, chart chronic disease, mashup the results with other Azure data or build an app. Basically, pick a pressing healthcare question and answer it using the tools provided by Microsoft and Practice Fusion. Steps included to view the data and enter the competition can be found at www.bizintelligence.tv
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This video continues my BI Bites series, showing bite-sized demos of Microsoft’s Business Intelligence solutions. Here I show the PowerPivot gallery feature of the PowerPivot add-in for SharePoint Server 2010. For more information about SharePoint and Microsoft BI, check out my blog at blogs.technet.com

Bucharest, March 20, 2008 Jonathan Perera – Platform Application Manager, Microsoft Corp. Demo: Zoli Herczeg – ISV Evangelist, Developer & Platform Evangelism division, Microsoft Romania Gartner placed Microsoft BI portfolio in the Magic Quadrant for industry leadership vision and ability to execute it.
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Bruno Aziza talks about building social media analytics tools on Microsoft BI Solutions with Patrick Husting, President and Founder of Extended Results. See how companies in every industry benefit from Microsoft BI Solutions at: www.microsoft.com
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The United States has a massive debt problem. Many politicians talk about why we’re in this position and what we need to do about it, but Tyler Chessman decided to take a look for himself. As a data scientist, not an economist, Tyler analyzed data from several government sources to determine where the problems lie. His new book, Understanding the US Debt, not only highlights the problem areas but also suggest 7 steps for becoming debt free. Could one of the world’s superpowers’ problems be solved using free data, Excel and PowerPivot? You be the judge.
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— March 15, 2004

San Francisco Bay Area Technology Forum

March 31, 2004: Jack London Inn, Oakland

The San Francisco Bay Area Technology Forum offers many opportunities to market to architects, engineers, contractors, and individuals interested in document management products.

This free workshop is open to all professionals, and features speakers from many high profile companies:

Conference BootCAMP

Linux BootCAMP: Installation and Configuration Workshop is a one day hands-on intensive Linux Installation and Configuration. This workshop usually sells for $ 795, and users signing up online will recieve a $ 500 discount for a conference price of $ 299.00. This dynamic workshop is limited to sixteen students. Sign Up Now Online!

Conference Program

8 AM-9 AM- Introduction to CAD ManagerÂ’s BootCamp Training – CVIS, Tench Tilghman, CTO

The well respected CVIS CAD Manager Boot Camp Training Program is the only event of its kind. CAD Managers from around the country are discovering that this eventÂ’s practical curriculum is focused on the real issues that face CAD Managers. Drop by for an introduction to this intensive program and find out how it can bring renewed purpose to your career. Featured in this session, learn about AutoCAD 2005 and its new plotting and document management tools.

9 AM – 10 AM – Network Infrastructure Design Workshop – Peter Young, Professor of Business, Graduate School of Business, University of Phoenix. Learn how to use Microsoft Visio to design and document local area networks, Intranets, Internets, websites, and web server architectures.

10 AM – 10:45 AM – Scanning Technologies & Documents on Demand – Silicon Networks

Overwhelmed by documents? Find out about you can benefit from the latest technology trends in scanning and document management systems.

11 AM-11:45 AM The Platform for Cost Recovery – Sepialine, Chris Povio, VP Marketing

Voted the number one plot tracking system by IT managers “in the know”, Sepialine enables offices to track all their printing, plotting and scanning output with one application.

12 AM – 1 PM – Luncheon Panel Workshop

1 PM – 1:45 PM – Wireless Warehousing Solutions:- Silicon Networks -Tray Matheny – Developer VB and SQL 2000 Internet Based Solutions: A Case Study from Chevron- Asset management for multiple locations within a corporate campus.

2 PM – 2:45 PM – Gain CAD Development Flexibility with VB – Richard Ainsley, Developer, Phase I Systems -VB developers can easily port their VB applications to other CAD Systems. This seminar will reveal undocumented information regarding developing with AutoCAD 2004, IntelliCAD Pro 4, VB 6, VB.net, VBA and MS SQL. After this seminar you will understand how to control CAD drawings from a database using VB.

3:00pm-4: 00pm – WiFi Release Party cosponsored by Mpower Communciations and Jack London Inn. Opening of Jack London Inn, as a premier wireless conference facility and WiFi hotspot. Join the engineering staff from Silicon Networks, a leading Silicon Valley web hosting and internet service provider, for this informative white paper release on the trials and tribulations of implementing wireless Internet access to the guest room and conference center. The architecture of the hotel is late 1950Â’s solid block construction with rebar. This construction makes cabled technology impractical, and wireless solutions un-penetrating through the block construction. This wireless demonstration is open to the public, open wine bar, and a poolside reception.

4:45-4:30pm Les Pinter”> “Thin Clients – Where the Hell Did We Go Wrong?” – Pinter Consulting.-Les Pinter This enlightening discussion by popular INETA speaker Les Pinter, focuses on mistakes made by proponents of the Thin Client Paradigm (a client with minimal or non-existent hard drive which runs itÂ’s operations from a server) and the liberating future direction of the Smart Client. The premise of the smart client is to migrate from the thin client model to a distributed processing model through the smart client. Smart Client development provides on-line functionality + all the features of the client.

4:30 – 5:10 PM – Business Intelligence Solutions – intellimedia group Marvin Tanner, VP Business Development

Wall Street embraced expert systems and rule based systems in the mid-1980Â’s. Rule based systems provided the foundation for Setrag KostofinÂ’s Intelligent Office series of publications, and ultimately to Portfolio Technologies and Office IQ software. As we move past the client-server paraidigm and smart clients, the next stop on the technology express is Business Intellligence Solutions. Microsoft BI solutions will be demonstrated at this fast paced workshop. Architects, engineers, accountants, project managers, and database professionals will be exposed to the seamless integration of Great Plains, Excel, Progject Manager, and Visio.

Evening Events In Collaboration with East Bay IT Group

5:10-6:00 pm – Visimation Easy Visio Solutions to Complex Business Problems – Visimation – “The Visio Masters” – Brett Newmann -President and co-founder of Visimation Inc

Is Visio CAD? Visio is the closest thing to a universal tool that addresses most technical / business graphics needs of any size company. While many people think of Visio as a flow and organizational chart program, it in fact provides an easy to use environment for creating most types of two-dimensional drawings that a business would need. Furthermore, Visio is a rich development platform for creating custom software to improve productivity of anyone whose job calls for the creation or use of drawings.

6-6:30 PM – Buffet Dinner Sponsored by: Microsoft

6:30-7:15 Connecting Visio to Microsoft SQL 2000 and Open Source Databases Pinter Consulting, Les Pinter Use VB.Net to integrate between Visio and any database. Learn how to use Visio effectively with database objects. A demonstration of using Visio with Microsoft SQL 2000 objects will be the foundation of this discussion. Integration between Visio and SQL 2000 Made Simple.

Microsoft Presents- Webcast – Visio Solutions

7:30-9pm Microsoft Visio – Live Webcast – Nationwide

Join Microsoft in this release party at the Jack London Inn. Free, open to the public, limited seating. Microsoft will release the new version of Visio at this user group meeting.

Who Should Attend: Anyone interested in Scanning on Demand, Document Management, IT management, Computer Aided Drafting and Design, Business Intelligence Process and Applications, and the future of technology. Specific applications include accounting, project management, drafting, business objects, reporting, scanning, and databases.

Wireless Network provided by Silicon Networks.

This event is free to the public. Preregistration is Required. There are a limited number of tickets available. FREE Registration Now Online!

Silicon Events Also Produces the Small Business Conference on September 15, 2004.

For More Information, Contact Dale Kopp (510) 463 8900 dalekopp@siliconnetworks.us

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Toronto, ON — February 17, 2005

To further extend PanoramaÂ’s BI capabilities, the Company will leverage project management, technical architecture, and enterprise data warehousing services from LiveLogic. As well, Panorama will work with Symmetry to provide business intelligence solutions for manufacturing, retail, information suppliers and consumer product industries,

“LiveLogic has a great track-record with its clients to ensure projects meet and exceed customer expectations,” said Mike Delgado, Vice President Sales, Americas, Panorama Software. “As well, Symmetry’s 20 years of experience in the BI market brings a welcome addition to our partner ecosystem. We look forward to leveraging our new partners’ innovative enterprise software solutions to address our customers’ needs. These new relationships will deliver strong BI solutions that utilize the Microsoft platform, offering a distinctive competitive advantage to our combined client base.

“We are thrilled to be working with Panorama,” said Alan Stein, Principal, LiveLogic Corporation. “This relationship is a perfect example of how we can provide great insight into our clients’ business. By leveraging Panorama’s current momentum in the BI space, our new partnership can only lead to success in providing our clients with innovative and first-to-market solutions.”

“We are pleased to partner with Panorama, whose relationship with Microsoft’s BI suite goes back to its introduction into the market,” said Dan Bulos, President, Symmetry Corporation. “Panorama’s high quality products have enabled our clients to really appreciate the value of BI as a strategic advantage in their organizations. We look forward to integrating Panorama’s tools with our BI solutions.”

About Panorama Software

Panorama Software helps global organizations unlock the hidden value of their information assets to improve business performance and results. Panorama extends the Microsoft Platform through integrated business intelligence and corporate performance management solutions. With Panorama decision makers at all levels and functions can easily analyze data, quickly create and distribute reports, and proactively measure performance. Companies gain a greater understanding of their business and make better decisions. These informed decisions improve profitability, increase revenues, reduce costs and time to market and mitigate competitive risks.

Panorama, a leading innovator of business intelligence solutions, supports customers worldwide in industries such as financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, healthcare, telecommunications and life sciences. Panorama has more than 250 partners in 30 countries, and maintains offices throughout North America and EMEA, including Paris and Munich. More information is available at www.panorama.com.

About LiveLogic

LiveLogic is a consulting organization based in Dallas that focuses solely on business intelligence, data warehousing, and data mart technology implementations.

Business intelligence (BI), online analytical processing (OLAP), data warehousing, analytics, etc. are technology topics that have become “hot” in the last several years. Almost all technology and systems integration consulting organizations now tout BI offerings. LiveLogic’s consultants, however, have been completely focused on BI technology for many years, and are able to aid clients with knowledge of the difference between what is hype and what has a track record of demonstrated quality in software, systems, and practices. LiveLogic’s consultants have attained a significant part of this background in BI and data warehousing through developing large-scale warehouses and complex applications for Fortune 500 companies.

As business intelligence has matured, the costs associated with BI projects have come down dramatically, so now companies of all sizes are able to reap the tremendous benefits of BI. For more information, visit LiveLogicÂ’s site at www.livelogic.net or call (214)789-0292.

About Symmetry Corporation

Symmetry Corporation is a recognized expert in the design, development and implementation of advanced business intelligence solutions for Fortune 1000 companies and software vendors. BI is SymmetryÂ’s sole focus and has been for nearly 20 years. A Microsoft Certified Gold Partner for BI, Symmetry is a longstanding member of the Microsoft BI Partner Advisory Council and a key contributor to the SQL Server Accelerator for BI (SSABI). Symmetry also created ADAPT, the first database design methodology developed specifically for multidimensional database applications, based on sound OLAP design principles.

Symmetry offers cost-effective and easy-to-use BI Frameworks to accelerate the delivery of solutions for both corporate clients and software vendors. BI Frameworks provide built-in metrics and reports to measure trends and establish typical rankings and key targets. Symmetry also provides Quickstart Services and migration services for corporate clients interested in moving to the Microsoft BI platform. For more information, visit SymmetryÂ’s web site at www.symcorp.com or call (415) 453-7966.

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