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Microsoft Business Intelligence Strategy

On the same day that Google launches Google Spreadsheets its new online competition for Excel, Microsoft kicks things up a notch with Jeff Raikes President Microsoft Business Division rolling out the new business intelligence strategy. The newest portion of the solution is Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 that enables business intelligence and performance management across the Microsoft Office Suite.

During the call Raikes covered familiar ground and discussed the need to shorten business intelligence ROI cycles, the need to get the other 70% - 80% of the business using business intelligence and touched on the growth potential of the market. The point that interested me the most was the reference to most companies having multiple BI solutions in house and the challenge that presents with "one version of the truth" and cross department access to information. Microsoft is in the truly unique position of being on the desktop of almost every enterprise employee and the addition of Office PerformancePoint Server could put them in the right spot to gain a huge hold on the industry as BI for the masses continues to build traction.

Microsoft is making a significant investment into the business intelligence space and stated they have 100 new BI solutions under development to support 12 industries. They are focusing on Aligned BI products, investing0 in new capabilities and products, bringing together their BI sales and Marketing groups and have increased partner focus.

Lewis Levin Corporate Vice President Office Business Applications joined the call and did a screen shot demo of the product and its integration into office 2007 here is a screen shot from the demo: