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SQL Server 2008, with its built-in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSlS), and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) business intelligence (BI) subsystems, is a recognized leader in the enterprise BI space. In this interview, SQL Server Magazine's Megan Keller and Michael Otey talk with IIan Wajsman, director of IT Data Systems at Stein Mart, and Fausto !barra, senior director of Microsoft Business Intelligence, about Stein Mart's experiences migrating from a legacy platform with limited BI reporting tools to SQL Server 2008. Stein Mart chose a data warehousing and BI solution built on SQL Server 2008 with hardware from HP. [...] of this migration to a new system, Stein Mart not only got new tools for business analysis and forecasting but also was able to reduce the time it takes to generate its weekly sales reports from 14 hours to only 3 hours.