In its most recent quarterly earnings report, for Q2 2014, Microsoft® reported a 25% year over year increase in sales of SQL Server. I take this jump in sales as an indicator of the substantial interest enterprise business, and comparably sized organizations in the public and not-for-profit sectors have in gathering highly useful Business Intelligence […]
Compile Accurate Business Intelligence Metrics with SQL Reporting Services 2008 R2 and SharePoint Server 2010
As John Lauer and a team of supporting authors at Microsoft® made clear in a white paper, “How to Choose the Right Business Intelligence [BI] Technology to Suit Your Style”, “[b]usinesses, in an effort to stay one step ahead, collect large amounts of data ranging from demographics, buyer behavior, and customer loyalty to financial and […]