Microsoft will take the wraps off its long-awaited PerformancePoint Server on Sept. 19, a move that's likely to expand the company's already considerable presence in the business intelligence software market.
PerformancePoint, officially Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, is Microsoft's entry in the rapidly growing market for performance management applications used for monitoring, analyzing and planning business activities. Traditional business intelligence software vendors Business Objects and Cognos already compete in this space while Oracle and SAP, through their recent acquisitions of Hyperion Solutions and OutlookSoft, respectively, are also expanding into performance management.
PerformancePoint Server will incorporate Microsoft's current Business Scorecard Manager product and technology Microsoft picked up last year in its acquisition of ProClarity, an analytics software vendor. Last week Microsoft issued its fourth and final community technology preview (CTP) release of the product.
In an interview at last week's XChange '07 conference, Robert Deshaies, vice president of Microsoft's U.S. Partner Group, predicted that PerformancePoint Server will be a popular product for Microsoft channel partners, particularly those that sell the SQL Server database and Microsoft Dynamics applications. PerformancePoint Server will work with both of those products
Microsoft, which builds reporting and analysis tools into SQL Server, has been grabbling a bigger piece of the business intelligence software market in recent years. The vendor's business intelligence software sales surged more than 28 percent last year to reach $480 million, according to market researcher IDC. That was enough to give it fourth place in the BI market behind Business Objects, SAS and Cognos.
related stories
Video
trending stories
sponsored resources

Application Integration 360

Veeam
Veeam

Cato Networks
SASE & SD-WAN 360

Channel Chief Showcase

CRN Showcase

APC by Schneider Electric
Digital Services for Edge Learning Center

Acer
Remote Workforce 360

Cyber Protection 360

Cradlepoint
5g for Business 360

Smart 3rd Party
3rd Party Maintenance 360

Trend Micro
Trend Micro Learning Center

Vonage
Vonage

Sophos
Sophos Cybersecurity Learning Center

Partner Program Guide Showcase

Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara

SentinelONE
EndPoint Security 360

Comm100
Collaboration & Communications 360

VMware

HubStor
Cloud Backup 360

Wasabi
Wasabi

Cysurance
Cyber Insurance 360

Dell Technologies
Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies Learning Center

Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies Storage Learning Center

Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies Server Learning Center

Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies Cloud Learning Center

Sherweb
Sherweb

Carbonite
Cloud Storage 360

Comcast Business
Comcast Business Learning Center

iboss
Cloud SASE Platform 360

Terranova Security
Cybersecurity 360

CyberPower
CyberPower

N-able
MSP Automation Solutions 360

eSentire
Managed Detection and Response 360

EPOS
EPOS

NPD
Industry Trends 360

Vertiv
Edge Computing Learning Center

Webroot
Webroot Learning Center

Tenable
Cyber Risk 360

Fujifilm
Fujifilm
