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Microsoft Excel Software & BI | Popular Software One of the continuing knocks against business intelligence is that it remains too darned difficult for all but BI specialists.Back in April, for instance, I blogged about Ace Hardware’s decision to swap out an overly complex BI system for a simpler reporting tool from Information Builders. Interestingly, one of the key reasons Ace opted for the tool was its ease of integration with Microsoft's...... Similar Editorial : by Neha Gupta. | Source : Microsoft Office Student Edition
ITILs Popularity Continues To Grow When I last blogged about the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) in October, I noted that many observers were predicting a year of accelerated adoption for ITIL in 2008, especially in North America.Lots of CIOs in the U.S. believe ITIL can help them improve IT operations and offer a potential link between IT and the business, according to a recent survey by Dimension Data, a services provider. As...... Similar Editorial : by James Shenton. | Source : Advanced Technology Solutions Inc
SAP Needs More Than Tech Help To Fix Problems This Week Remember that old Frank Sinatra song that chided “Love and marriage, love and marriage, Go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can’t have one without the other?”That sounds pretty dated now. But it wouldn’t if you changed that first line to “acquisitions and integrations.” Acquisitions and integrations – they do got together like a horse and carriage. And, this I tell...... Similar Editorial : by News Canada. | Source : Secure Information
Details Still Emerging On Microsofts SOA Strategy We're now nearly six months out from Microsoft’s “unveiling” of Oslo?- the company’s code name for its SOA strategy - and still, nobody really knows what it is.It’s not as if we haven’t tried.Awhile back, I even did an e-mail Q&A with Microsoft’s Burley Kawasaki, director of Product Management in the Connected Systems Division, in an attempt to clarify what, exactly, Oslo entails. He answered my...... Similar Editorial : by Robert McCourty. | Source : Buy Microsoft Office 2007
