Category: BI

Techtarget.com defines Business Intelligence (BI) is a technology-driven process for analysing data and presenting actionable information to help executives, managers and other corporate end users make informed business decisions.

BI encompasses a wide variety of tools, applications and methodologies that enable organizations to collect data from internal systems and external sources; prepare it for analysis; develop and run queries against that data; and create reports, dashboards and data visualizations

Therefore, the Business Intelligence category is full of handy tips, tricks and advise. Check out some of the Step by Step blogs or learn with our eBooks, How To videos and Webinars.

Power BI 1: Self-Service BI in the cloud
Power BI 1: Self-Service BI in the cloud
Blog Posts

What is Power BI?
If I use the strict definition, then Power BI is a self-service intelligence service in the cloud in the form of a specialized site in Office 365. In a broader sense many will also include the Office tools needed to create the reports as part of the definition. Using familiar everyday applications like Excel and Office 365 you can search, discover, model, analyze, visualize and share information and insights based on merged data both from the outside world and from within your own organization.

Data Visualization with SharePoint and SQL Server
Webinars

Checkout out Data Visualization with SharePoint and SQL Server webinar and slides. View the Slides –  Summary of webinar: To start, one key factor driving the self-service BI market is the growing volume and complexity of data. As a result, enterprises will adopt new interactive reporting tools designed to put more data analytics capabilities into the… READ MORE

eBooks & Blogs from European SharePoint Training Week
eBooks & Blogs from European SharePoint Training Week
Blog Posts

As part of European SharePoint Training Week, we have a range of superb eBooks and insightful blogs by some of the leading experts in the SharePoint industry. Contributors include; Edin Kapic, Asif Rehmani, André Vala, Thorbjørn Værp, Geoff Evelyn, Bill Ayers, Eric Riz, Christian Buckley, Paolo Pialorsi, Mikael Svenson, Liam Cleary and Oliver Wirkus

What’s new on Office 365 BI?
What’s new on Office 365 BI?
Blog Posts

Finally, Microsoft has taken a step forward in Office 365 BI.
One of the most requested features is implemented in this brand new version: The possibility to connect on our on-premise data sources and have our excel spreadsheets updated, but not the last:

Whitepaper: Visibility and Business Intelligence
Whitepaper: Visibility and Business Intelligence
Blog Posts

There is hindsight, foresight, limited vision, tunnel vision, losing sight of a goal, and when we can’t see at all we might get blindsided. In the corporate world, business objectives are defined by vision statements and an innovative leader is often referred to as a visionary. The preponderance of these types of words in our lexicon highlights the significance we place on sight.

European SharePoint Community Awards 2013
European SharePoint Community Awards 2013
Blog Posts

Following the hugely successful campaign in 2012, the prestigious European SharePoint Community Awards are back! Your enthusiasm was so inspiring that we have increased the number of awards this year and are delighted to announce the line-up of categories below. This is your community and we are offering you a chance to showcase your group’s best competitive SharePoint project, solution, strategy or innovation. Take the opportunity to showcase your group’s strengths and receive the highest accolade from the SharePoint Community within one or all of the following categories;