» Racing Towards the Future, Stuck in the Past: Microsoft BI Mov. Attending Microsoft’s first Business Intelligence Conference has been an illuminating experience, mostly for how Microsoft’s major strengths in BI are becoming its major weaknesses. The issue is one that I’ve ranted about in the past, and it’s an industry-wide problem, not just Microsoft’s. After a day sitting through the pre-conference analyst summit, I’m convinced that my position is even more valid than ever before.
And Microsoft’s hand-picked users – speaking to the analysts at the close of the day – agreed. The main problem is Microsoft’s tools and technology approach – exactly the strength they tout in the market. But my bigger point is that everyone in the tools business – if that’s all they deliver to the market – should be very worried. These high-value BI applications aren’t necessarily only industry-specific solutions. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s very able BI team is producing great tools but leaving the industry-specific and role-specific functionality to their partners.
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