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MICROSOFT AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Title: Business Intelligence Gets the Microsoft Treatment

Author: Rick Whiting
Publication: InformationWeek
Issue: 1093
Date Published: June 12, 2006


Summary:

A lot of campanies are trying to reduce the amount of business intelligence program that it uses, Microsoft has made some changes to try and be one of the more effective softwares that companies will keep for sure.  They have added a new vendor call ProClarity, making them more agressive in this type of market.  Not only does Microsot help itself by entering this market, this also helps the overall Business Intelligence market, hopefully boosting each company and the sales of the software that each company sells.


Title: Microsoft to Invest 1.5m in Technion e-commerce research

Author: Schmulik Shelah
Publication: McClatchy - Tribune Business News
Date Published: October 10, 2011


Summary:

Microsoft is partnering with a computer research company, Technion, from Israel in investing into computer research.  They are going to be invesigating computer science, games theory, and artificial intelligence to basically poll a survey to see what it is that is working in the computer world.  The knowledge that they gain from doing this will enable them to provide products and software that will meet the demands of consumers througout the world.  This newly found knowledge, along with the already famous brand name, will ensure that Microsoft stays on top of the world of business intelligence.