Applied dimensionality » Microsoft http://ykud.com/blog Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:48:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mcirosoft PerformancePoint is out http://ykud.com/blog/bicpm/mcirosoft-performancepoint-is-out http://ykud.com/blog/bicpm/mcirosoft-performancepoint-is-out#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:35:52 +0000 ykud http://ykud.com/blog/?p=180 Official release

Launch site.

Lets fasten our belts, BI market will never be the same )

]]> http://ykud.com/blog/bicpm/mcirosoft-performancepoint-is-out/feed 0 Signed &downloaded PerformancePoint CTP http://ykud.com/blog/bicpm/signed-downloaded-performancepoint-ctp http://ykud.com/blog/bicpm/signed-downloaded-performancepoint-ctp#comments Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:18:44 +0000 ykud http://ykud.com/blog/2006/11/26/signed-downloaded-performancepoint-ctp/ Going to install/toy with it in free time.
And just before I'll be more informed, the current view is:
I think the strong points of Ms BI(CPM\EPM, call it whether you like) are:
1 None (or little) integration problems. All niche-BI vendors spend a lot of effort integrating acquired  products (for ex, Cognos with Adaytum&Frango, BO with SRC). And it's still a long way to go. And see Ms AX and Nav as an example of hard integration road.
2 Enterprise scale db & olap engine.
3 Special workflow engine
4 User-friendly interface (excel)
5 Strong brand\cheap prices
6 The possibility to develop add-ons and increase functionality by programming.
And the weak points:
1 The "integration" of SQL server, AS, BizTalk, Proclarity. It's easier, due to all .Net stuff, but on initial phase it just won't work (remember EPB).
2 No experience in CPM area, nor in development, nor in selling such solutions. 
3 The lack of concentration. Ms is so huge and wide-aimed, it just lost it's focus. See Joel's excellent post on this theme. And the update.
4 The possibility to develop add-ons and increase functionality by programming.

It's interesting to see how these statements will change after some product experience.

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Recent versions of IETab addon allow to open tabs, using IE as renderer, and, moreover, start contrib apps in FireFox tabs.

So I don't have to switch browser anymore. Hoooray?

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Filemon --shows File System activity

RegMon -- shows registry activity

This is win vs lin to me. In linux it's all built-in, already there, you can ask kernel, monitor everything, w/o installing anything.

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