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Drive Business PerformanceBusiness Intelligence, Performance Management & Strategy Execution January 31 May 2008 Audio book Versions Launched Business Finance Magazine Book Pick Stanford University Bookstore "Bestseller" November 30 April 2008 - Launching the book!April 2008 - Launching the Book!
We launched the book in the United States on both coasts. The East Coast launch was at the World Innovation Forum on April 8-9th 2008 in NYC (as a part of Gary Hamel’s lunch presentation).
The West Coast launch was a presentation at Stanford University’s Stanford Executive Briefing on April 16th 2008. The DVD of the Stanford launch presentation is available here.
We were fortunate to be listed as a Stanford University Bookstore bestseller in May 2008. Additionally, we were honored to see Drive Business Performance reach Amazon’s top 50 business book in its first week of availability.
November 16 Presentation at the Microsoft BI ConferenceRoom: 606/607 10/8/2008
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Session Code: BV211 Presented By: Bruno Aziza, Joey Fitts, Jeff Allen Today’s executives are expected to drive results faster than ever before. In this session, Drive Business Performance authors Joey Fitts and Bruno Aziza will provide explicit steps to improving performance management within your own organization. They will describe how to achieve enterprise performance management objectives, with first-hand examples from Fortune 500 companies who are winning by building accountability, intelligence, and informed decision-making into their organizational DNA.
You will learn: • How performance management can deliver competitive advantage, • How to diagnose your organization’s performance management capabilities, • What it means to effectively manage performance and • What you specifically need to be able to do to improve results. July 11 Worldwide Partner Conference presentationWe will be delivering a repeat of our session "A New Day for BI" tomorrow (Thur.12 2007) in Room 205 at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver Colorado. Please find below the session description:
IW010 A New Day for Business Intelligence
Speaker(s): Bill Baker, Joey Fitts, Karl Leigh
Session Type: Session
Suggested Roadmap(s): Enterprise
Track(s): Information Worker Solutions A “new day” for BI has arrived and represents new ways for partners to deliver dramatic customer value and significantly grow their business in the process. Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 is quickly approaching and this is your opportunity to learn why the analysts call it market disrupting and partners are betting the farm on Microsoft. This session communicates Microsoft's BI vision and strategy, market and partner opportunity, and the product roadmaps encompassing technologies like Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 and the 2007 Office system. Walk away with an understanding of how Microsoft is changing the BI market place and what specific steps to take to capitalize on the significant opportunity. This session also features a case study showcasing the success a Gold Partner has had using Microsoft's Business Intelligence Platform to build a strong and growing practice. June 07 Stratature Acquisition AnnouncementIt's finally announced! The word went out today to our partner community @ 1pm PST: Today, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Stratature, a privately held company based in Alpharetta, Georgia, and a leading provider of master data management (MDM) software. This announcement builds on the relationship Microsoft and Stratature have already established, and will accelerate Microsoft’s delivery of technology in the MDM market; it represents the culmination of a company-wide effort across the Microsoft SQL Server, Business Intelligence and Microsoft Office SharePoint technology groups to deliver on a unified Master Data Management solution. Stratature is recognized as a leader in the Master Data Management market, and Microsoft values their experience, the products they have created and the services they provide. With Stratature, Microsoft can now offer increased MDM capabilities as an integral part of Microsoft Office System applications and servers. In the meantime however, if you have any questions or if you would like to speak to a Microsoft spokesperson about this acquisition please contact Joey Fitts (joeyf@microsoft.com). FAQs can be found @ http://www.stratature.com/SOFTWARE/FAQs/tabid/259/Default.aspx September 25 Revenue Growth in Analyst Reports Signals Momentum for Microsoft BIStrong customer and partner support leads to analyst recognition of Microsoft's BI significant growth and momentum.
September 24 EMEA All Up Partner & Field BI Solution Sales TrainingI am presenting the Microsoft BI partner opportunity at most locations for this tour. Hope to see you in person at these informative events! Registration info is below. SEPTEMBER 19 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 OBJECTIVE This is a friendly reminder to mark your agendas and join us for a one-day course on Microsoft Business Intelligence with a focus on Performance Management. Learn how to effectively position and demonstrate the entire Microsoft Business Intelligence offering. COVERED TOPICS Explore the market opportunity that exists in Business Intelligence and Microsoft’s vision and product roadmap for BI. Learn about the components in Microsoft’s BI product offering and how to position them effectively as a combined solution. See the new Business Intelligence demo image and role based scripts built on scenarios for 3 roles: Business Analyst, VP of Sales, and Sales Representative. After lunch the focus of the day will narrow to look at Performance Management. What is Performance Management? What problem is it geared to solve? What is PerformancePoint Server and how does it address this need? We will then close with a discussion of the partner opportunity in Performance Management at Microsoft. WHO SHOULD ATTEND
IW & App. Plat SSP, Communication and Collaboration SSP, IW TSP, Data TSP, MBS/Dynamics SSP or Partner Sales Managers, OBA SSP, OBA TSP, IW and BI PAMs, Account Managers or Account Technical Specialists wanting to better understand Microsoft’s overall BI value proposition will find the morning very useful.
ProClarity Partners, Partners interested in Business Scorecard Manager, ProClarity and Performance Point Server, existing BI Partners with solutions on Analysis and Reporting Services , partners interested in proposing Microsoft’s Performance Management offering.
WHAT WILL I RECEIVE?§ A clear overview of Microsoft’s global business intelligence offering.
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