Tom Casey on Microsoft's BI Strategy

Abstract

Microsoft revolutionized business intelligence (BI) by making OLAP accessible to the IT professional right in the SQL Server relational database product. Tom Casey. the Microsoft general manager for SQL Server BL met with SQL Server Magazine's Technical Director Michael Otey and Executive Editor Sheila Molnar to discuss Microsoft's BI strategy - the history of BI. its vital role in the SQL Server 2008 R2 release, and its future. [...] we identified key leadersgeneral managers in the Access, Excel, and SharePoint teams: me in SQL Serven a marketing counterpart and a distinguished engineer, Amir Netz.