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Microsoft Aggressively Extends its Move into BI by Acquiring ProClarity

Microsoft's announcement that they have agreed to acquire ProClarity clearly demonstrates that Microsoft is getting very serious about Business Intelligence. ProClarity has been a Microsoft partner for many years and has a strong BI following on the Microsoft operating platform. The acquisition adds some powerful development and end-user capabilities to the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 products announced last year. The Microsoft BI solution will get a further boost next January when Microsoft delivers additional BI capabilities with Office 2007. The drive by MIcrosoft into the BI market has significant implications for third-party vendors in this space, e.g., Business Objects and Cognos.

Posted by Colin White on Monday, 3 April 2006 |

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