Microsoft® Business Intelligence FOR DUMmIES‰ 01_526934-ffirs.indd iii 2/26/10 9:07 AM www.it-ebooks.info. Microsoft® Business Intelligence For Dummies.

You're intelligent, right? So you've already figured out that Business Intelligence can be pretty valuable in making the right decisions about your business. But you've heard at least a dozen definitions of what it is, and heard of at least that many BI tools. Where do you start? Makes BI understandable! It takes you step by step through the technologies and the alphabet soup, so you can choose the right technology and implement a successful BI environment. You'll see how the applications and technologies work together to access, analyze and present data that you can use to make better decisions about your products, customers, competitors and more.

You'll find out how to: • Understand the principles and practical elements of BI • Determine what your business needs • Compare different approaches to BI • Build a solid BI architecture and roadmap • Design, develop, and deploy your BI plan • Relate BI to data warehousing, ERP, CRM, and e-commerce • Analyze emerging trends and developing BI tools to see what else may be useful This book excerpt contains the book's eighteenth chapter, 'Ten Keys to BI Success.' The attached Zip file includes: • Intro Page.doc • Cover Sheet and Terms.pdf • Business Intelligence For Dummies.pdf. With more than 200 million books in print and more than 1,600 titles, For Dummies is the most widely recognized and highly regarded reference series in the world. Now, Dummies.com is bringing the how-to brand you know and trust online, where you'll find our proven experts presenting even the most complex subjects in plain English. You can trust Dummies.com to tell it like it is, without all the technical jargon. Lol Instant Lock. Each and every day, the how-to videos, illustrated step-by-steps, and articles on Dummies.com are helping customers turn 'I can't' into 'I can.' Making everything easier.

Ghost Squad Wii Rapidshare. Learn to create an effective business strategy using Microsoft's BI stack Microsoft Business Intelligence tools are among the most widely used applications for gathering, providing access to, and analyzing data to enable the enterprise to make sound business decisions. The tools include, the Office Suite, PerformancePoint, and SQL, among others. With so much jargon and so many technologies involved, Microsoft Business Intelligence provides a much-needed step-by-step explanation of what's involved and how to use this powerful package to improve your business.