Top 5 Selection Criteria for Packaged BI Systems
Small- to Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) enjoy a growing marketplace for packaged, SMB-focused business intelligence (BI) solutions. From all-in-one solutions that you host on your own server to...
View ArticleData Warehouse or Business Intelligence BI Solution – or Both?
I’ve recently been working with a number of small- and medium-sized businesses that are preparing to jump aboard the decision support bandwagon. Several of them have been asking me questions that...
View ArticleThree Ways to Scale Your Existing BI Business Intelligence System
Business Intelligence (BI) systems can take a lot of computing horsepower, and most organizations try to deploy as much horsepower as possible when they implement a BI solution. Unfortunately, BI is...
View ArticleUsing SQL Server Analysis Services for poorly-performing BI Systems
No matter how well-designed and –build a business intelligence (BI) system is, it’s always possible that your workload will exceed its capabilities, and you’ll end up being dissatisfied with its...
View ArticleAre BI Solutions Compatible with Virtualization?
As more and more small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) investigate and adopt Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, one question eventually gets asked: Can we virtualize this thing? Businesses are...
View ArticleThree Tips on Choosing the Hardware for Your BI Solution
Many small- and medium-sized businesses choose to go with Business Intelligence (BI) solutions that are at least partly pre-built. That means that the biggest single factor in the system’s performance...
View ArticleBenefits in Migrating Your BI Solution to a Newer Version of SQL Server
In my experience, SQL Server is often one of the most least-upgraded components in an enterprise. You may think your company will never get off of Windows XP, but odds are you have several versions of...
View ArticleHow to install Performance Point Dashboard Designer in SharePoint
In this blog post I will install Performance Point Dashboard Designer from the Business Intelligence Center Site Template in SharePoint 2010. I have created a new site collection with the BI Center...
View ArticleHelpful SharePoint BI Links to Blogs and Articles
This blog post is a collection of links to articles and documentation that has been valuable to me as I worked my way through understanding and implementing and using the BI stack with SharePoint....
View ArticleThe Differences Between BI for Enterprises and SMBs
Business Intelligence (BI) systems were originally targeted primarily at large enterprises with tons of data. As BI technology improved, it started to become more accessible to small- and medium-sized...
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