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In 2011 Google did the unthinkable or for a lot of people, the “about time” by dropping their all new Panda algorithm that would change the old school way that it had spidered and indexed sites previously. This in part was a pre-cursor for Google+ and more social results, but more importantly to weed out and drop the spam and poor content that ...

With the recent changes to PerformancePoint Server the way it is procured and licensed is changing. If like me, you still want to offer clients a BI solution which uses PerformancePoint the following may be of interest - good news, it is getting cheaper (thanks to the guys at Microsoft who gave me the information): · Until April 1st, the ...

I’ve been talking about the state of the high street for my last few posts and of course will continue to discuss and debate the future and where there could be some light at the end of the tunnel (looking specifically at the launch of Wellworths - a great well done to Claire Robertson and her team or re-invigorated and re-invented retail takes a ...

At the end of last year Microsoft decided to hold a Business Intelligence Solution Demo Contest.  It was a global challenge open to Microsoft partners, the deadline was 31st January 2009 and the object being to offer Microsoft Partners the opportunity to showcase their demo.  EMC Consulting decided to take up the challenge. The ...

I don't want to wish my life away, but I cannot wait for 2019 if this is what we are going to be working, playing and living with.   Predicting the future is tough - we still don't have flying cars, my jet pack is yet to materialise and summer holidays aren't on the moon... but some of Microsoft's Business Division have come up with ...

I heard rumours earlier in the week that PerformancePoint was going to be changing and colleagues had found various snippets of news online, but there are now details on the The Microsoft BI Blog - it looks like Planning is going to be discontinued (after SP3) and  Monitoring will be included in MOSS - makes sense with the new strategy / road ...

In a press release earlier this week Netezza announced the launch of its data integration strategy for Microsoft Business Intelligence, http://www.netezza.com/releases/2009/release010609.htm. There isn't a huge amount of information at the moment but it does mention PerformancePoint, Reporting Services, Integration Services and Analysis Services ...

Following up quickly from my last blog - where do I see some of the key highlights and what Conchango are talking about with our clients and potential clients is how you structure ''your cloud'' in order to make it accessible, visible and indexed correctly. Gone are the days where you can just pump content and data up to a virtual storage ...

I have been writing for a while on the topics that I am directly working on a day to day basis or have a passion about - Digital Media! However I do have another that brings the engineer and geek out in me is the emerging SaaS / Cloud / Web Platforms that have been bubbling around for a while and are now starting to really take shape in ...

Here is your chance... PositionMicrosoft BI ConsultantTechnology TeamIyas AlQasem – Director of Technology ConsultingEgham or London and Client SitesDepartmentReporting toLocationConchango is the UK’s leading independent innovator and implementer of business technology solutions for large blue chip clients including M&S, HMV, ...