Microsoft

Microsoft provides a complete Business Intelligence (BI) offering that helps decision makers improve business performance at strategic, tactical, and organizational levels. Microsoft® BI solutions provide employees with reliable access to information they need to make informed decisions so they can respond swiftly and appropriately to changing conditions that impact the business. Microsoft BI is built on the powerful end-to-end Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 platform and is delivered throughout the organization via the familiar Microsoft Office® interface. This integrated approach means customers can build and deploy robust BI applications for everyone throughout the company, while keeping costs under control.

Microsoft® Business Intelligence is designed to provide easy-to-use intelligence directly where individuals work, collaborate, and make decisions. Leveraging Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005, 2007 Microsoft® Office system, PerformancePoint™ Server 2007, and SharePoint® Server 2007, customers can have access to an end-to-end, integrated solution to support scorecarding, reporting, analysis, visualization, budgeting and forecasting that enables them to drive business performance with business insight.

Read the press release for more details on the partnership.

For an overview of the integrated solution, click here.