Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to be released Sept. 19, 2007

REDMOND, Wash. — Aug. 21, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. today announced key milestones achieved within the business intelligence (BI) marketplace, including IDC’s recognizing Microsoft as one of the fastest-growing BI vendors in 2006. In IDC’s report, “Worldwide Business Intelligence Tools 2006 Vendor Shares,”* analysts found that Microsoft had a growth rate of 28 percent, the highest among the top 10 industry vendors. In addition, Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 was acknowledged by The OLAP Report as the No. 1 online analytical processing (OLAP) server on the market.

I have mentioned PerformancePoint in this blog before, but now its going to hit the market. A lot of people talkes about PerformancePoint as it is the best thing since happening in the BI market for a very long time. And I look really forward to see when presented by Microsoft here in Denmark next months.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/aug07/08-21MSBIMomentumPR.mspx

Posted Aug 23, 2007 13:26 by Erik P. Ernst
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David Singleton wrote re: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to be released Sept. 19, 2007
on Aug 23, 2007 22:04

I think they are going to have serious problems unless they can explain what it is Wink I was at an MVP session on this some time back, and even to an MVP audience, they were not really able to explain what its used for or where the market is. (OK I am exaggerating), but to get this product out there, they really have to find a way to tell people what it is.

Erik P. Ernst wrote re: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to be released Sept. 19, 2007
on Aug 23, 2007 22:32

I do agree, and that's also why I'm looking forward to hear that from them.

The issue number one as I see it, is that there's still a big distance between Vedbæk where NAV is being developed and Seattle!  

DenSter wrote re: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to be released Sept. 19, 2007
on Aug 23, 2007 22:52

I think it's the new name of the Proclarity product. it's BUSINESS performance they are talking about, not application performance.

What I am looking forward to most is to see how they approach BI specifically for NAV, with data properties buried in table design properties.

Nuno Maia wrote re: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to be released Sept. 19, 2007
on Aug 23, 2007 23:03

Performance Point seems a tool that in future will replace business analytic since it competes in same arena.  Big question to me right now it works with Navision perfectly with Navision

Erik P. Ernst wrote re: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to be released Sept. 19, 2007
on Aug 31, 2007 11:44

It might not work perfectly with NAV, but what external tool works perfectly with NAV out of box??

munib wrote re: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to be released Sept. 19, 2007
on Sep 1, 2007 8:27

I don't think Business Analytics and Performance Point are competing in the same space. There is definitely an overlap. I think Business Analytics will remain in some form to create the SSAS (OLAP) database. Performance Point will take the datasource and configure it from there for presentation (create KPIs, presentation, security etc).

I think Business Analytics as a presentation tool will be replaced. It will go more into the Performance Point / Excel Services / Reporting Services and the most important Sharepoint world.

I just notice. I am saying “I think” a lot. ;-)

Like DenStr said. “What I am looking forward to most is to see how they approach BI specifically for NAV, with data properties buried in table design properties.”

Erik P. Ernst wrote re: Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 to be released Sept. 19, 2007
on Sep 3, 2007 14:36

Yes you're right, right now BA and Performance Point are not competing in the exact same space. But I'm sure that we'll see a replacement for Business Analytics - and not something coming from a 3rd. Party provider like Target (the developers of BA). But if it's something based on Performance Point or maybe just an advanced set of reports based on Microsoft Excel 2007 - that's the real question.

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