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Atlanta BI Record Attendance Last Night

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We had a blast light night at Atlanta BI and ran out of space with a record attendance of some 60+ people. This is phenomenal given that we are amidst a vacationing season. Jonathan Lacefield from Daugherty gave us a great intro presentation of Analysis Services. Michael Clifford shows cool Integration Services tips. And, Beth Lenoir from Daugherty was kind to sponsor to event and arrange for some great food. Whether it was Jonathan’s presentation, tips, or the food, the atmosphere was electrifying. Thanks to everybody for making last night a fantastic success!

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Atlanta BI SIG December Meeting

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If you are use Microsoft BI, live in or within driving distance to Atlanta, and don’t know about the Atlanta BI SIG, you are missing a lot. At our last meeting we had some 50+ people and our attendance is growing! Due to the holidays, Atlanta BI SIG will not have a meeting at the end of November and December. Instead, our next meeting will be held on December 6th. I updated the Atlanta BI SIG home page to announce the December meeting.

End of the year is a good time for reflecting on the past and planning for the future. Bob Abernathy from Strategy Companion will present BI past, present, and future trends. He will also show us how Strategy Companion integrates with Analysis Services.

Topic:        BI: Then and Now?
 Level: Beginner
Date:Monday, December 6, 2010
Speaker:
 		Bob Abernethy, SVP & GM of Strategy Companion Corporation
Bob Abernethy is SVP & GM of Strategy Companion Corporation. A veteran of Oracle Corporation and Siebel Systems, Bob brings over twenty years of software industry experience to his discussion with customers about their Business Intelligence implementations. Bob received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in New York and his Masters of Management Information Systems from West Coast University in Southern California. the current president of the Kansas City SQL Server Users Group.
Overview:
 		We will begin by taking a look how the focus and characteristics of Business Intelligence have changed over the last 25 years. We will also discuss the recent history of Microsoft’s focus on BI, and will take an in-depth look at another approach to SQL Server-based BI provided by Strategy Companion Corporation. You will see why companies such as Citigroup, L’Oreal, Honeywell, DataQuick, and many others have embraced Analyzer, Strategy Companion’s award-winning front-end to Analysis Services, for their Business Intelligence applications. You’ll see why SQL Server magazine recently called Analyzer “the best solution to complete the Microsoft BI platform.” (Editor’s Best Award, December 2009.) And you’ll learn ways to quickly and add significant value to your SQL Server-based data – the kind of value business people will be able to see, understand, and appreciate.
  
Location:Matrix Resources Dunwoody Office
Sponsor:Strategy Companion Corporation
See the overview for the main presentation.

See you there!

Atlanta BI SIG September Meeting

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Atlanta BI fans, join our next Atlanta BI SIG meeting! Mark Tabladillo (Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, MCAD.NET, MCT) will show us how to do data mining with PowerPivot. And Dundas will demonstrate their latest BI offering – the Dundas dashboard. Here are the details:

Please RSVP to help us plan food as follows:

  1. Go to the Atlanta BI home page (atlantabi.sqlpass.org).
  2. Choose Yes and submit the RSVP survey found at the right top corner of the page.

 

Main Topic:        Data Mining with PowerPivot 2010
 Level: Intermediate
Date:Monday, September 27, 2010
Time:6:30PM
LocationMatrix Resources

115 Perimeter Center Place

Suite 250 (South Terraces Building)

Atlanta, GA 30346

Speaker:

 

 

 

 

Mark Tabladillo (Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, MCAD.NET, MCT)
Mark Tabladillo provides consulting and training for data mining with Solid Quality Mentors. He has taught statistics at Georgia Tech and for the graduate business school of the University of Phoenix. Mark has years of deep experience with the SAS System, and has presented at many local, regional, and national technical conferences. Mark produces a data mining resource and blog at http://www.marktab.net. the current president of the Kansas City SQL Server Users Group.
Overview:

 

Excel provides a compelling and ubiquitous interface for Microsoft Data Mining. With new features available through PowerPivot, business users can apply the technology through a well-designed infrastructure of Microsoft technologies. This presentation will welcome any newcomers to data mining, and provide interactive demos which highlight data mining through these technologies.

  

Location:Matrix Resources Dunwoody Office
Sponsor
Presentation:		Dundas

Dundas will present their latest BI offering: Dundas Dashboard. Dundas Dashboard is a flexible, turnkey solution for the rapid development of business dashboards. Whether you are leveraging an existing BI infrastructure/application or starting a standalone project from scratch, Dundas offers the industry’s most cost-effective platform for creating/deploying sophisticated digital dashboards and empowering users quickly and easily.

Atlanta BI Group First Meeting Topic Announced

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I’ve just updated the Atlanta BI Group home page to announce the topic for our first meeting on August 23th. Given the great interest surrounding Self-service BI, I’ll present “Self-service BI with Microsoft PowerPivot”.

Hope you can make our first meeting!

Atlanta.MBI Website

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The website for the Atlanta Microsoft Business Intelligence SIG is up and running although it’s still work in progress.

http://atlantabi.sqlpass.org

1. Please register.

2. Please fill in the two polls on the first page for the first meeting attendance and topic of interest.

3. You can post suggestions for our first meeting on the Discussions page (Meetings forum) as a reply to my first post there.

4. Please use the General forum in the Discussions for any general questions.

5. Please spread the news and redirect Atlanta BI fans to http://atlantabi.sqlpass.org.

Venue for Atlanta.MBI Found

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The great search for a meeting place for the Atlanta BI SIG is over! I am happy to report that I found the perfect place. Matrix Resources graciously offered to host and sponsor our meetings in a training room at their premises at 115 Perimeter Center Place #250, Atlanta, GA, 30346. I visited their location and another location today and I think their place is great. The room is capable of accommodating 50 people and has a projector. The location is nice too since I was looking for place around this area to accommodate the traffic concerns of as many people as possible. I personally live in Norcross and it would have been nice to take advantage of the Data Profit’s meetup offer but it would have been too selfish J

I also booked the meeting days for the rest of the year. I suggest we meet up every last Monday of the month from 6:30 – 8:30 PM as follows:

8.23, 9.27, 10.25, 11.22 and 12.27

Our first meeting will on be August 23th at 6:30 PM.

My focus now is to put together the Atlanta BI website that will be hosted on sqlpass.org. I’ll let you know when it’s ready so you could register and stay on top of the latest announcements. Stay tuned!

Venue for Atlanta.MBI Wanted

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To follow up on my recent blog about forming an Atlanta-based Microsoft Business Intelligence Special Interest Group, I am planning to have our first meeting in August. The effort now is to find a venue where we can meet. If you have a confirmed location, please post its address to the discussion thread. I’ll compile a list and I update this blog and the discussion thread.