Business Intelligence is a hot category in information technology – for example: “business intelligence (BI) applications have been ranked the top technology priority in the 2008 Gartner Executive Programs survey”.
Microsoft - in the Leaders Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008 - offer their highly rated SQL Server Business Intelligence platform, which includes a number of components that combine to make a compelling offering. And not for nothing - in addition to the database engine, these components include Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services that provide, respectively, the following functionality: data integration/ETL (extract, transform and load), data analysis (OLAP – online analytical processing) and data mining, managed and ad-hoc reporting – all in a single platform!
Sound interesting? We think so, and on August 11-15th Symphic Technology, Microsoft partner and leading provider of SQL Server BI training, will be in Vancouver for their popular 5 day, hands-on SQL SERVER 2005 BI WORKSHOP w/ DATA MINING class where you’ll learn to design and build a complete BI solution using this powerful, comprehensive and integrated platform.
For further information or to register, please click here.
Rob Lewis
Rob is the President of Techvibes Media Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Techvibes.com.
His diverse background includes stints in International Trade Finance, Web Development, and Enterprise Software and he is a graduate of the University of British Columbia, British Columbia Institute of Technology, and Simon Fraser University.
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