Comments on: Am I a BI Executive? http://whall.org/blog/2008/04/17/am-i-a-bi-executive/ Come on in and stay a while... laugh a little. Maybe even think. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: dmarks http://whall.org/blog/2008/04/17/am-i-a-bi-executive/#comment-43672 dmarks Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:46:16 +0000 http://whall.org/blog/2008/04/17/am-i-a-bi-executive/#comment-43672 Business intelligence. Is that like "military intelligence"? Business intelligence. Is that like “military intelligence”?

]]> By: Absurdist http://whall.org/blog/2008/04/17/am-i-a-bi-executive/#comment-43626 Absurdist Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:39:57 +0000 http://whall.org/blog/2008/04/17/am-i-a-bi-executive/#comment-43626 Well, you know where to come if you have any BI needs. You know it's what I do for a living as both a developer and an executive-type. Don't get too smitten with their products until you see WPF and Silverlight in action. Well, you know where to come if you have any BI needs. You know it’s what I do for a living as both a developer and an executive-type.

Don’t get too smitten with their products until you see WPF and Silverlight in action.

]]> By: whall http://whall.org/blog/2008/04/17/am-i-a-bi-executive/#comment-43622 whall Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:59:21 +0000 http://whall.org/blog/2008/04/17/am-i-a-bi-executive/#comment-43622 <b>Dave2</b>, the guy who was doing the main presentation on PerformancePoint was a former employee of ProClarity, one of the companies Microsoft acquired for this product set. I do know that Abs is a BI expert, so I'm sure she will be chiming in with her experience with the big players - Oracle, Microsoft, SAP etc. If by "sweep data from across multiple shares" you mean the ability to use diverse data sources, then yes, it does that. If I end up doing the evaluation, I'll most likely do a review post on it. Dave2, the guy who was doing the main presentation on PerformancePoint was a former employee of ProClarity, one of the companies Microsoft acquired for this product set. I do know that Abs is a BI expert, so I’m sure she will be chiming in with her experience with the big players - Oracle, Microsoft, SAP etc.

If by “sweep data from across multiple shares” you mean the ability to use diverse data sources, then yes, it does that. If I end up doing the evaluation, I’ll most likely do a review post on it.

]]> By: Dave2 http://whall.org/blog/2008/04/17/am-i-a-bi-executive/#comment-43613 Dave2 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:16:26 +0000 http://whall.org/blog/2008/04/17/am-i-a-bi-executive/#comment-43613 Hmmm... if memory serves, that's a product Microsoft acquired when they bought out some small MDM company whose name I forget? Probably. I can't keep up. Performance Point had interesting features, but the Oracle solution seems to be stronger from what I've seen. They let you sweep data from across multiple shares, which I don't think you can do with Microsoft's offering. But, then again, that was months ago, so who knows where it's at now. It sure would be nice if at least one of Microsoft's products didn't suck! I am such a Mac whore. :-) Hmmm… if memory serves, that’s a product Microsoft acquired when they bought out some small MDM company whose name I forget? Probably. I can’t keep up. Performance Point had interesting features, but the Oracle solution seems to be stronger from what I’ve seen. They let you sweep data from across multiple shares, which I don’t think you can do with Microsoft’s offering. But, then again, that was months ago, so who knows where it’s at now. It sure would be nice if at least one of Microsoft’s products didn’t suck!

I am such a Mac whore. :-)

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