But Microsoft has added value to its BI stack only in fits and starts. For example, Microsoft took a nearly five year hiatus in improving its Analysis Services engine, between the release of SQL ...

The updated product is the only Microsoft Business Intelligence (MSBI) solution that provides an end-to-end view of performance data across the full stack of BI services. Combining SQL BI Manager ...

“Reports of Microsoft's domination of the BI market in the late 1990s were greatly exaggerated,” agrees Wayne Eckerson, research director at TDWI, who nevertheless agrees that the software giant seems ...