Derek Comingore
  

Derek Comingore is a senior BI consultant with Scalability Experts, providing BI consulting and focusing on both Microsoft Enterprise Cube and SQL Server 2008 BI components. He's an MCAD/MCDBA/MCTS/MCITP/PSP and enjoys participating in the SQL Server community through writing, speaking, and training. His team blog is at blog.scalabilityexperts.com.
Email address: dcomingore@scalabilityexperts.com
Web site: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/derekc/

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Use Data Warehousing to Make Better Business Decisions

Data warehousing and business intelligence (BI) systems have the potential to provide some of the highest ROI of any enterprise system. BI exists solely to support better decision-making.

SQL Server Magazine

The Importance of Planning in BI

Business Intelligence projects are prone to the same bad, ad-hoc implementation practices as found in software development. Take the time to plan accordingly.

SQL Server Magazine

Data Connection Libraries

SQL Server Magazine

SharePoint for BI Suggestion Topics

SharePoint is the Microsoft portal for Business Intelligence. In Essential BI UPDATE we are covering various SharePoint for BI topics. Do you have any suggestions for future topics?

SQL Server Magazine

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 for Business Intelligence

A common question asked by Microsoft customers is "What can I do to extend my existing data warehousing/BI solution when I only have access to WSS 3.0?" Actually, WSS 3.0's basic BI capabilities are quite impressive! Let's look at them in detail.

SQL Server Magazine

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 for Business Intelligence

Windows IT Pro

Value-Add: Data Warehousing & Analysis Services Cube Storage Estimates

Learn how to provide your valued clients with accurate storage estimates for both data warehouses as well as Analysis Services cubes.

SQL Server Magazine

Becoming a Microsoft BI 'Star'

Microsoft's strength in the business intelligence industry motivates professionals (and companies) to learn about the various subjects they must master to provide Microsoft BI services.

SQL Server Magazine

Becoming a Microsoft BI 'Star'

Windows IT Pro

Welcome to the new SQL Server BI Blog

We have launched a new blog focusing on the Microsoft Business Intelligence Stack.

SQL Server Magazine

SharePoint 2007 for Business Intelligence

SQL Server Magazine

Server 2008 Data Profiling This article is only available to subscribers.  Sign up now and get instant access!

Learn how to use SQL Server 2008's Data Profiling task and Data Profile Viewer to examine and assess your data.

SQL Server Magazine

Microsoft Enters the MDM Market

Microsoft has acquired Stratature, and is planning to enhance that company's +EDM product, rebrand it, and fold it into the Microsoft Office suite.

SQL Server Magazine

SQL Server 2008: Enter the Data Collector

SQL Server 2008 includes many new relational engine enhancements. Data Collector is one such improvement; it's an easy-to-configure, out-of-the-box PDW that can help you manage your data more efficiently than ever.

SQL Server Magazine

Dundas and SSRS 2008: a New Visualization Platform, Part 2

SQL Server Magazine

SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Enhancements This article is only available to subscribers.  Sign up now and get instant access!

Business Intelligence (BI) enhancements to SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS), Analysis Services (SSAS) and Reporting Services (SSRS) improve performance and make reporting easier.

SQL Server Magazine

Dundas and SSRS 2008: a New Visualization Platform

SQL Server Magazine

SQL Server 2008's Report Designer Preview

This week, Derek discusses the Report Designer Preview feature that will be included with SQL Server 2008.

SQL Server Magazine

SQL Server 2008's Report Designer Preview

Windows IT Pro

Leveraging Managed Functions in Computed Columns This article is only available to subscribers.  Sign up now and get instant access!

Get an introduction to the concept of managed computed columns and see a simple example of one that implements CLR integration string-parsing functionality.

Windows IT Pro

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