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Archive for January, 2009

Microsoft PerformancePoint Game Changer

Posted by admin On January - 30 - 2009

MiseryGame Changing Announcement for Microsoft BI

Boy doesn’t this sound like other previous Microsoft endeavors. Hmmmm…. The post/video indicates the following end results.

  • Supporting the democratization of BI (aka BI for the masses) with the consolidation of PerformancePoint Server Monitoring and Analytics functions into Office SharePoint Server Enterprise. The new capabilities will be called PerformancePoint Services.
  • As I read the announcement, PerformancePoint Planning has been put out of our misery. Service Pack 3 will represent the end of the line for investment in a stand-alone PPS Planning product.

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SQL Server Reporting Services Video Links

Posted by Tom On January - 29 - 2009

HP ProLiant DL320 ServerAre you new to SQL Server Reporting Services? Want to know some more before investing too much in additional training? Just plain curious?

Below is a list of some of the better video tutorials we’ve found on the web.

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A Week of Free Data Warehousing Webinars

Posted by Tom On January - 28 - 2009

MVP Summit 046

Week of Warehousing Webinar Series – SQL Server Central

Join SQL Server authors and MVPs for a week of warehousing and get the latest on Microsoft Business Intelligence inside your environment. If you are in any stage of a data warehouse design, administration or planning you won’t want to miss out on this free “week of warehousing” webinar series,

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DD-WRT on Multiple LinkSys WRT54Gs

Posted by Tom On January - 28 - 2009

standard_bridge_largeDo you have wireless access points or routers and want to add some useful features without incurring additional costs? Have we got a deal for you. The DD-WRT project might just be the ticket.

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Quick Drupal SEO

Posted by Tom On January - 27 - 2009

Eat at Yahoo!Brian Chappell has a great little post about quickly optimizing a Drupal installation for SEO. His quick hits include the following points.

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Windows 7 Beta Extended – But Ending Soon

Posted by Tom On January - 27 - 2009

windows-7As shown below, this blog post from the Windows 7 Team blog, indicates that the beta of Windows 7 will be ended in a 3 phase approach.

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Don’t Dump Drupal – It is Powerful

Posted by Tom On January - 27 - 2009

Fear of the Dark

I recently came across this blog post talking about someone’s decision to “dump” Drupal as a platform for a site idea they had. As I read the short post, I quickly found that I was shouting “don’t dump Drupal” in the back of my mind.

The author describes three reasons why Drupal didn’t work out for their use.

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Web Resource Spotlight #1

Posted by Tom On January - 27 - 2009

geeks_and_god_logoHere it is. Our first Christian web resource spotlight entry. The idea is for us to spotlight various Christian web resources that you may find useful in your work and your walk. Read the rest of this entry »

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