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February 8, 2006 Microsoft Low Cost To Scale For BI Reporting And Analysis PlatformsThe Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2006by Keith Gile with Connie Moore, Lucy Fossner |
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Executive Summary
Microsoft's business intelligence (BI) technology, including SQL Server 2005 with Integration Services for data integration, Reporting Services for production reporting, and Analysis Services for analytic functionality, provides a solid, albeit incomplete, solution for analytic and enterprise reporting. The offering provides good usability and application development capabilities, with average analytic functionality — highlighted by the OLAP functionality in Analysis Services. Microsoft is one of a growing number of vendors — including Actuate, Business Objects, Cognos, Hyperion, and MicroStrategy — that offer both analytic and enterprise reporting capabilities on an integrated platform; however, the newness and immaturity of Reporting Services with the brand new report authoring capabilities make this a work in progress. As a result, Microsoft is a strong performer in both enterprise and analytic reporting with a greater emphasis on analytic reporting.
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