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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:38:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Rounding out a BI stable that includes SQL and SharePoint servers, scorecard capabilities, and the Office applications front end, Microsoft adds performance management to the mix. |
| Keywords: | Performance management, business performance management |
Responding to the corporate cry for help in corralling the data that bounces among business systems, Microsoft Corp. this week announced the official release of its business intelligence application, which, the company said, can be tailored to the needs of each decision-maker in the organization. The Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 adds a dashboard, analytics, and performance planning to the company's existing BI platform. PerformancePoint is seen as the final piece in a layered BI portfolio that the company has been building over the years. To date, Microsoft's BI strategy has centered on SQL Server, SharePoint Server, Office Business Scorecard Manager, and Microsoft Office Excel. This week's announcement adds a performance management application with integrated budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation, and management reporting. All of the application's functions are performed within the familiar interface of an Excel spreadsheet or Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. "The ability to do this in a familiar and easy-to-use approach, where training is not required, is something that customers told us they absolutely need to make it viable and usable," said Mike Duran, Microsoft's senior solution specialist for the supply chain industry unit, in an interview with Managing Automation. [Click to continue] |
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