Organizations maintain databases mainly because they expect to obtain valuable insights from them. But in some cases, getting insights from data can be quite a challenge. For organizations that are planning to upgrade to MS SQL Server 2008 R2, including Office / SharePoint 2010, this is about to change with the introduction of the most innovative self-service BI.
PowerPivot, part of the SharePoint 2010 release, is a powerful in-memory engine that allows users to extract large amounts of data from multiple sources, including corporate databases, Excel spreadsheets and external sources, in a very quick & efficient way. It uses an in-memory, column-based storage to enable users to build models in self-service mode, “on the fly”, without having to pre-aggregate or build cubes prior to querying.
NovaView for PowerPivot enables users to leverage this in-memory platform and perform advanced analysis, build pixel perfect reports, create executive dashboards or share the results through SharePoint – all in a secured environment (with data level granularity) and sourcing natively from the PowerPivot platform.
Join us for a webinar, featuring a special guest – Derek Comingore, a SQL Server MVP, speaker at national SQL Server user groups and a published author on SQL Server topics. You will learn more about PowerPivot and how you can empower your users with quick, self-service BI, leveraging your existing investment in the Microsoft platform.
This webinar will showcase how you can:
- Put BI at the fingertips of business users
- Enable users to perform advanced analysis in a fully web-based environment
- Share the results and insights generated in the process with the masses
- Leverage your existing investment in SQL, Office and SharePoint in all their versions
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
10:00 AM ET / 4:00 PM CET – Europe
11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET – Americas
Wednesday July 21, 2010
9:30 AM IST / 1:00 PM KST / 2:00 PM AEST – Asia Pacific
A couple of weeks ago I participated in the Microsoft Western European ISV summit which took place in Portugal. Aside from the obvious fact that Portugal is a beautiful country and we stayed in a wonderful resort, I thought I would share with you some content and feedback from the summit. Microsoft hosted about 40 leading Europeans ISVs. The level of the people who participated was certainly top management. From the business side, I met with CEOs and Managing Directors, and from the technical side, I met mostly with CTOs and Chief Architects. Most of those ISVs are locally managed by Microsoft, hence the partner management level from Microsoft also attended the event. When thinking about it, I believe those leading ISVs serve probably about 40-50% of all the organizations in Europe… which means that every decision they make as an outcome of this conference, will probably have an effect on millions and millions of people. Quite a big power!
Moreover, Microsoft brought their top people from EMEA and also from Redmond (although some got stranded because of the Volcano and the travel disruptions, but I will discuss it later).
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Microsoft just launched SQL Server 2008 R2 that includes Office / SharePoint 2010 and in-memory capabilities (PowerPivot). Panorama Software has always been strongly aligned with Microsoft’s BI strategy and our new product is fully optimized for this new platform.
We are proud to announce the release of the latest version of Panorama NovaView 6.2, the first BI solution to augment the PowerPivot platform by adding more self-service BI capabilities and a missing data level security layer, making it ready for enterprise wide deployments.
Join us for a special launch event where you will learn about upgrades and new products in NovaView BI suite:
- Integration & added value to MS Office / SharePoint 2010
- Native connectivity, a data level security layer & self-service BI capabilities in PowerPivot
- Oracle relational DB support
- And much more!
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Gamers, developers and all-around technical types…get ready to experience the future of gaming with Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox. If you’re attending the Microsoft BI conference in New Orleans this week, you’ll want to head to room 240 on Wednesday, June 9th at 8am for a chance to win an Xbox 360 with the new Project Natal controller system. Panorama Software will give one of these systems away to a lucky attendee at the end of the session.
A revolutionary new hands-free motion controller for games, Project Natal will be available in October, and the winner of the raffle will be one of the first to own the cutting-edge system as soon as it’s available on the market.
The session itself, “Unleash the Power of PowerPivot in Your Enterprise,” will detail how organizations can add unique self-service BI capabilities like intuitive web interface, advanced analytics and a data level security layer on top Microsoft’s new in-memory platform, elevating PowerPivot into a complete BI solution and making it ready for enterprise-wide deployment.
We’ll see you there!
