Microsoft Business Intelligence provides an end-to-end, highly integrated solution designed to harness the value of data by meaningfully organising, analysing and distributing it. With the information and insight this provides informed decisions can be made promptly and intuitively, creating competitive advantage and real improvements in business performance.

Within a Microsoft BI solution there are three facets – data warehousing, reporting and analysis, and performance management – each of which further harness the functionality of the others. Together their specialist functions provide a consolidated source of comprehensive information regarding all aspects of the company:

• Data Warehousing – Providing fast and easy access to data for all your users is a colossal aid to decision making. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 can store huge amounts of data, answer multiple queries quickly and accurately, and scale with the needs of your organisation.
• Reporting and Analysis – Gaining insight, analysing and making accurate predications from raw data is a task for which your users need the right tools. Microsoft Excel 2007 is a trusted, proven solution and with the latest version the familiar interface provides you with faster, easier access to even more information.
• Performance Management – It’s not just individual employees who can benefit from improved access to information; corporate-level decision-making can also be greatly aided by a comprehensive view of the entire company. Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007 allows executives to monitor, understand and plan business activities, helping drive performance and accountability across the organisation. By providing functionality such as scorecards, management reporting, analytics and forecasting decision-makers can not only understand what is happening, but also why it is happening.