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Microsoft BI - 2/2014 Update

Business Intelligence is a very exiting subject and a field that is undergoing rapid transformation influenced by things such as big data, data visualization, self-service analytics, cloud and mobile computing, etc.

 I have published a post titled "Business Intelligence, the Microsoft style" that covered Microsoft's renewed focus on and general strategy around Business Intelligence some time ago. Sure enough, there have been many new and exciting developments related to Microsoft BI since.

So, here are a few things I wanted to include in this update:

I would also highly recommend the following Garner article Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms, which covers the subject pretty thoroughly.

And if you are still wondering - why business intelligence? Here are some of te reasons: 

   


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