Douglas McDowell
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 Douglas McDowell is director of Business Intelligence at Solid Quality Learning, a SQL Server MVP, and a charter member of the Professional Association of SQL Server Regional Mentor program. He is an MCSE, an MCDBA, an MCT, and winner of Microsoft's Worldwide Business Intelligence Solution of the Year.
Email address: dmcdowell@solidq.com
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47 results found for Douglas McDowell, displaying items 1 - 20
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January 25, 2008 |
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Master Data Management Challenges
Microsoft is rebuilding Stratature's MDM solution for release later this year, so it's smart to start talking about MDM now.
SQL Server Magazine
My PerformancePoint Server Wish List
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 can enhance your BI and BPM capabilities. But the product could be even better—here's a wish list for new features and for how to integrate the various components of PPS in future releases.
SQL Server Magazine
A Total BI Solution from Dell and Microsoft
SQL Server Magazine
Can’t Wait for SQL Server 2008!
Maybe it’s not too soon for SQL Server 2008, especially when you consider how 2008 offers strong BI enhancements in three key areas: Reporting Services, Database Services, and operational management.
SQL Server Magazine
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September 25, 2007 |
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2007 PASS Community Summit and PerformancePoint 2007 Launch
SQL Server Magazine
4 Darn Good Reasons for Not Building Cubes on Transactional Systems
Don't build that cube! OLTP–based cubes are usually poorly designed for BI and contain dirty data. Still not convinced? There's more.
SQL Server Magazine
Reasons Why You Might Think You Should Build a Cube on a Transactional Data Model
SSAS lets developers create OLAP cubes based on relational data models that aren't designed for BI. Does this mean you should build a cube? No, but here are some reasons why you might think you should.
SQL Server Magazine
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August 24, 2007 |
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Back-to-Back SQL Server 2008 CTPs
SQL Server Magazine
What's the Best Way to Carve Up a SAN?
Your SAN engineer might not know the finer points of BI database storage. To stave off trouble, you need to be involved in the SAN configuration process.
SQL Server Magazine
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July 23, 2007 |
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Is BI Agnosticism Always Best?
SQL Server Magazine
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June 22, 2007 |
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SQL Server 2008 CTP1: BI Is Coming, We Promise
SQL Server Magazine
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June 18, 2007 |
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Microsoft's First-ever BI Conference Was a Success
SQL Server Magazine
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April 20, 2007 |
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PerformancePoint Server CTP2 Introduces "Planning"
SQL Server Magazine
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March 24, 2007 |
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Do You Know Your MVPs?
SQL Server Magazine
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February 26, 2007 |
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Sleeper BI
SQL Server Magazine
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February 5, 2007 |
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Microsoft BI: Not Just for SQL Server Anymore?
SQL Server Magazine
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December 21, 2006 |
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‘Tis the season for CTPs: PerformancePoint Server 2007 CTP1
SQL Server Magazine
One-year Anniversary for SQL Server 2005: CTP for SP2
SQL Server Magazine
Using a Custom Data Extension to Solve a Reporting Services Problem
SQL Server Magazine
Get Ready for BI at TechEd 2006
SQL Server Magazine
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