Comment Soon to be part of SQL Server 2005 (Score 1) 79
I work for a BI consulting firm and this is, I think, a good move for Microsoft. I think Proclarity's product will eventually merge with SQL Server 2005 and probably will be distributed as a bundle just as the reporting or analysis (OLAP) components of SQL Server. This will probably provide better front end tools to Microsoft's offering right now which is very limited.
This really is a threat to other BI vendors like Cognos or Business Objects, and probably to the other front ends to SQL Server Analysis Services. Not that the resulting suite when integrated (if ever) will be a full BI suite, but because of the fact that it would, very probably, be purchased bundles with SQL Server Licences.
This really is a threat to other BI vendors like Cognos or Business Objects, and probably to the other front ends to SQL Server Analysis Services. Not that the resulting suite when integrated (if ever) will be a full BI suite, but because of the fact that it would, very probably, be purchased bundles with SQL Server Licences.
