It looks like Atlanta BI Group will have a record attendance tonight with 74 people registered! Jen Underwood will present Best Practice and Creative Data Visualization. This fun, informative, and inspirational session covers both best practices and creative options for data visualization. We will showcase data visualization techniques in Excel, Power View, Reporting Services, Visio, and a variety of other Open Source projects and Third-Party…
Microsoft announced today the availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services which is a collective name for running Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks in the cloud. Scott Guthrie's blog on this subject is very informative. Pricing get slashed too to be competitive with Amazon. What's interesting is that these cloud VMs can be configured as an extension to your existing network. In the BI world, this…
Jen Underwood highly recommended I attend the Tableau 8 tour on Tuesday to witness firsthand its new features. Naturally, I couldn't resist of comparing everything I saw with Microsoft BI. I took some time after the pretention to take 8.0 for a spin and reconfirm my understanding. Here are the top five things I liked about Tableau. Simplicity – A few months ago, I blogged…
