Microsoft BI

The market, Gartner says, is being hit by the triple whammy of poor economic conditions, enterprise confusion over analytics and big data, and signs of market fragmentation caused by new entrants with funky new offerings. However, before anyone starts predicting the demise of the business intelligence market, keep in mind…

All the talk about big data has actually helped dampen growth in business-intelligence spending because of the confusion it’s causing among corporate buyers.

After several years of double-digit expansion, which reached 17 percent in 2011 over 2010, the growth in investment in business intelligence, corporate performance management…

REDMOND, Wash., and LAVAL, Quebec — June 3, 2013 — Microsoft Corp. and InCycle Software Inc. today announced that Microsoft has reached an agreement to acquire the InRelease Business Unit from InCycle Software, a leading provider of application lifecycle management (ALM) services and Release Management solutions on the .NET platform. The acquisition…

Students, staff and researchers at college campuses across the nation can now rapidly build and manage cloud applications as well as move large data sets over secure connections due, as a result of  a peering arrangement between Microsoft and Internet2, a research and education network founded by leading institutions of…

MADRID — May 16, 2013 — Telefónica, a leading provider of integrated communication solutions, will deploy Microsoft Office 365 and Yammer across its operating businesses to employees worldwide. These technologies are part of a global IT transformation strategy led by Phil Jordan, group chief information officer at Telefónica, to drive…

Microsoft is working to simplify its BI platform from both a technology and a go-to-market perspective…

Much like the success and adoption of the Hybrid Cloud Delivery Model whereby enterprises found it comfortable to run their workloads partly on-premise and partly in the cloud, this new set of technologies like PolyBase can be termed “Hybrid BigData Delivery…

“Geoflow” is a 3D visualization tool that helps users map, explore and interact with both geographic and chronological data, enabling discoveries that could be difficult to identify with traditional 2D tables and charts…

LAS VEGAS — April 8, 2013 — Today at the Microsoft Management Summit, Microsoft Corp. showcased companies relying on Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center to adapt to the changing needs of their businesses and customers.

“Companies around the world are using our technologies to innovate for their businesses. Our focus…