This session showcases how the Microsoft BI stack (Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft PerformancePoint Server) unseated Cognos and Oracle, which were in use at American Tire, by providing better value and easier adoption.

Learn how in four months Amherst H. Wilder Foundation deployed a solution by GNet partners to: • Leverage Microsoft Office SharePoint Server as the Web platform with its enterprise services • Build a budgeting application using Microsoft Office InfoPath, InfoPath Form Services, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, and Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server to closely replicate a legacy budgeting tool but overcome all shortcomings • Eliminate the need for user training by providing a familiar experience and shortening the learning curve • Provide reports that assist in the creation of budgets showing historical trends and spreads to assess overall impact to bottom line • Leverage PerformancePoint to provide a dashboard and analytical capabilities

This session covers the SAP BI landscape and common customer pain points in this environment. A detailed overview of integration scenarios between SAP BW and Microsoft BI front ends is discussed. Certified connectivity options to perform self-service BI and native reporting on top of SAP BW, ad-hoc reporting on SAP BW and extraction of data from SAP BW are covered. High level architecture of the above scenarios and customer reference cases are also illustrated.

In this session we demonstrate how Microsoft BI technologies are helping Kimberly Clark in sales management, discussing tips and tricks for quick results.

This session provides a preview to PowerPivot best practices developed via SQLCAT’s interactions with customers as well as Rob Collie’s six months of hands-on experience using the product to solve real-world problems. This session is highly technical: Dave Wickert provides a detailed explanation of PowerPivot components and architecture, and gives an in-depth look at server-side configuration options and best practices. Rob provides a similar view of client-side practices, both from the SQLCAT perspective as well as from PivotStream LLC’s production usage of PowerPivot. Additionally, Rob describes some of the considerations and lessons learned from deploying one of the world’s first PowerPivot “software as a service” platforms. Throughout this session, the themes of High Availability, Scalability, and Robustness are emphasized.

What are the factors that make a business intelligence initiative successful? How is BI maturing and being deployed? What technologies are impacting BI? There is a great deal to be learned from the implementations of other organizations. In this session, Bill Hostmann, VP Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, heads a panel discussion of leading organizations as they share their challenges and accomplishments. This session is sure to add value to your conference experience.

Learn how Studio Moderna, a multi-channel retailer in over 20 countries, has used Microsoft Business Intelligence to grow their business. From the early days of Access to the current offerings within Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Studio Moderna is able to provide real-time value and improve efficiencies. This session includes a demo of some of their recent work.

In this session, learn how Seattle Children’s Hospital is using the Microsoft platform to develop a comprehensive knowledge management solution to empower administrators, doctors, nurses, and other support staff across the organization with information vital to providing superior patient care. Find out how the organization is harnessing technologies such as Microsoft Amalga, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server, and Microsoft PerformancePoint Server to create a compelling end-to-end BI solution.

In today’s world there is plenty of talk about healthcare change, transparency, accountability, and patient quality. As a world-renowned leader in Imaging and Radiology Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital is at the forefront of driving that change. Come see how they are using Microsoft SQL Server, SharePoint, ASP.NET and other Microsoft technologies to create a business intelligence culture for managing organizational processes that ultimately result in improving patient care.

Implementation of a new BI setup in TDC based on Microsoft's BI suite: The first benefits. Hear how TDC in spite of many older legacy systems are able to create drill-down down to individual customers and products, analyzing the movements from the customers and between products and describe the business consequences at top level. In the light of BI solution, it has been possible to implement governance on a number of areas. The governance has helped ensure a better decision process. The Solution makes knowledge cross-organizational and personal at the same time. The result is BI for all types of users built on Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Excel 2007/XLCubed.

The speaker has led three enterprise BI implementations for companies running SAP. Learn why, at her current employer, she switched to the Microsoft BI stack, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, PowerPivot, and SharePoint Server 2010, and how she saved millions of dollars while delivering faster results.

The enterprise BI solution at Blue Square was recognized as the 2009 Microsoft (Israel) – Best Innovation solution award winner, granted to Opisoft by Microsoft COO, Kevin Ternerwhich. It was developed using the Microsoft suite and combines the traditional Structured DWH and applications approach with unstructured data, business process management, GIS and Planning and Budgeting systems into one unified business solution. The "Owl" project is practically the next generation of BI solutions, revolutionizing the concept of data-oriented management at Blue Square. The Owl provides a solution for multi-dimensional decision-based managerial information in a decentralized and complex organization that operates in a complex, competitive environment in a time of market recession. The Owl system includes a number of sub solutions: organizational data warehouse and a multi-dimensional analysis environment (SSAS) for managers and analysts (use of Microsoft Excel 2007); mechanization of essential business processes into Work Flow; process control screens; gathering of unstructured information and integrating it into the organizational data warehouse; thematic portals comprising structured and non-structured business-related information (visualization of information from the data warehouse, maps, RSS, unstructured information collected by the organization) etc.; control and review center for the CEO who compiles all types of data according to the business areas covering the organization's types of activities; Microsoft-based budget planning system that integrates into the organizational data warehouse and enables high-resolution, accurate planning and the incorporation of the entire organization into budget planning (from the branch level to the CEO level). Blue Square Inc. (NYSE: symbol "BSI"): Top Enterprise Leader in the Food and Retail industry in the Israeli market, with over 230 stores, 5 supermarket brands and U.S $ 1.8 billion in Annual revenues, competing in a very competitive market. http://www.bsi.co.il/en/index.asp Opisoft LTD: Top BI Integrator in the Israeli market. Founded in 1991, with over 180 professionals including industry and management engineers, business managers, database analysts, and system and programming experts. The company's teamwork is focused on professionalism, integrations and flexibility. http://www.opisoft.com/?CategoryID=273

In this session, learn how Schumacher Group, the third largest emergency medical management services company in the U.S., leveraged their enterprise business intelligence program to drive fundamental change in their revenue streams. Schumacher was able to combine process change, advanced BI applications, and organizational change management principles to improve their revenue generation processes by $30 million annually while lowering their risk profile. The Schumacher story is a great example of the transformational power of business intelligence when it is combined with strategic focus and appropriate sponsorship.

The successful deployment of Microsoft BI has supported an important change in the decision making culture at the Mint. Learn firsthand from the CIO of the Mint, how they turned technology into true business value. Best practices and lessons learned are explored in the context of the implementation and use of Microsoft BI at the Mint.

Carol Avansino, Chief of Compstat, and Derek Visocky present an introduction to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation COMPSTAT SharePoint Portal. They discuss their Enterprise Deployment strategy for 18,000 connected users. They also cover the COMPSTAT Process – leveraging their existing IT investments to maximize data resources while improving data reporting – using the Microsoft BI Product Stack, and how it translates via their COMPSTAT Portal. Microsoft products were layered to provide an end-to-end Business Intelligence System within the CDCR. Hear about their methodology, technical challenges, implementation, and rollout.

In 2009, Intel Corporation used the Microsoft BI stack to address needs in the protection of its intellectual property. A team inside Intel developed a flexible architecture that uses business intelligence to implement risk models, determine actual likelihood and impact, and measure risk reduction. As the solution grows, it is part of an end-to-end process to protect intellectual property in the company. This talk covers the hardest problems to solve, and the solutions Intel found.

In this session, TELUS Communications, Canada's third largest Telecommunications company, discusses the process of re-platforming their legacy BI architecture with Microsoft. Hear how they rationalized their decision, from both technical architecture and cost benefits perspectives.

This lab covers how to create and use component libraries in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services.

In this session, learn about solutions and best practices from the SQLCAT team for consolidating Analysis Services solutions. Learn about consolidating relational sources with Analysis Services, about utilizing processing and query servers, and about a custom load balancing solution. Learn how to configure your consolidated environment for achieving high-availability and performance, and monitoring and balancing resource utilization. We present performance and availability numbers based on the Microsoft Sales consolidated environment, and we demo the Analysis Services Load Balancing solution.

In this session, learn about solutions and best practices from the SQLCAT team for consolidating Analysis Services solutions. Learn about consolidating relational sources with Analysis Services, about utilizing processing and query servers, and about a custom load balancing solution. Learn how to configure your consolidated environment for achieving high-availability and performance, and monitoring and balancing resource utilization. We present performance and availability numbers based on the Microsoft Sales consolidated environment, and we demo the Analysis Services Load Balancing solution.