Panorama Business Intelligence

A couple weeks ago we introduced Panorama School of BI where we help IT professionals learn how to optimize their SQL Server BI capabilities. Due to the great success of the first workshop about SQL Server 2008 Development, we decided to repeat it in April and are scheduling more topics (stay tuned!).

This workshop will focus on teaching you in great details how a query is being executed by Analysis Services so you can optimize the way you design your OLAP cubes by using tools such as the SQL Server Profiler. We will also discuss solutions to common bottlenecks and review ways to ensure performance is blazing fast.

This special 4 part series workshop includes four sessions:
- Migration to SQL Server 2008
- Optimizing OLAP Queries
- Optimizing OLAP Processing
- OLAP Design Best Practices

Read more or register: http://www.panorama.com/bi-school/sql-server-2008-development/

Many companies strive to become “flat organization” where senior management is connected to employees, giving them the ability to act and react much faster in a much more agile way.

Wikipedia defines: Flat organization (known as horizontal organization) refers to an organizational structure with few or no levels of intervening management between staff and managers. The idea is that well-trained workers will be more productive when they are more directly involved in the decision making process, rather than closely supervised by many layers of management.

The flat organization model promotes employee involvement through a decentralized decision making process. By elevating the level of responsibility of baseline employees, and by eliminating layers of middle management, comments and feedback reach all personnel involved in decisions more quickly. Expected response to customer feedback can thus become more rapid. Since the interaction between workers is more frequent, this organizational structure generally depends upon a much more personal relationship between workers and managers. Hence the structure can be more time-consuming to build than a traditional bureaucratic/hierarchical model.

Unfortunately, the flat organization concept has had only limited success so far. The main reasons are that this structure is generally possible only in smaller organizations or individual units within larger organizations. When they reach a critical size, organizations can retain a streamlined structure but cannot keep a completely flat manager-to-staff relationship without impacting productivity. Certain financial responsibilities may also require a more conventional structure. Some theorize that flat organizations become more traditionally hierarchical when they begin to be geared towards productivity. So in other words, employees just don’t have that ability today to communicate directly with executives in an agile and direct way that will make the vision of a flat organization work.

Or should I say until now…

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Microsoft updated its BI strategy and so did we. Come learn how you can get more out of your Microsoft BI platform and application investments with Panorama Software.

Panorama is the company that sold its BI platform to Microsoft and until today the #1 BI suite on top of SQL Analysis Services. For more than 10 years we’ve made it our business to give customers the best suite of BI applications on top of the Microsoft platform that extends not only the SQL investments but also SharePoint, PerformancePoint and Office.

Join us for the special event to learn more about:

- Building an enterprise BI strategy on the Microsoft platform
- Extending BI to more users in new and innovative ways
- Preserving your investments in Proclarity and PerformancePoint

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Partnership Brings Panorama NovaView® BI Installation, Training and Technical Support to Users in Japan

TORONTO, ON – (March 5th, 2009) – Panorama Software, a global leader in proactive Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, announced today it entered into a new relationship with M.I.T. Ltd., a Japanese software developer, IT consultancy and system integrator with extensive knowledge on Microsoft and SAP platforms and products. The partnership will facilitate the distribution of Panorama NovaView®, Panorama’s flagship BI application, and a full suite of product support to M.I.T.’s clients in Japan. M.I.T. will have sole distribution rights for Japan.

Panorama NovaView®, a complete and fully integrated proactive BI solution, is now generally available to the Japanese business community and vertical markets, including retail, financial services, telecommunications, communications and media, manufacturing and government sectors.

“Our strategic partnership with Panorama will allow the Japanese business community to take advantage of NovaView’s intuitive User Interface and its dynamic analysis functionality,” said Akira Tomokawa, CEO of M.I.T. “Customers already using NovaView especially appreciate features, such as Panorama NovaView Executive Dashboard and Spotlight, that provide business insight at a glimpse and with remarkable simplicity together with the powerful analytical capabilities that let users analyze and find insights that drive to a greater business impact..

In addition to distributing NovaView, M.I.T. will provide its clients with a full suite of services surrounding the software which will include consulting, implementation, training and customer support.

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