Overview

Business Intelligence (BI) is the fastest-growing segment of Information Technology. Every business needs to effectively employ BI to stay competitive, and every IT professional needs to master BI to stay employed. This book is the quickest path to seeing the BI forest as a whole as well as understanding the trees within it. It is the most concise yet comprehensive introduction to SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence and is essential reading for all who work with SQL Server 2005. The book is written by a noted expert from a practical perspective. It is designed for all users of any of the tools in SQL Server 2005's extraordinarily rich BI product suite. Developers, end-users, and even managers will find this an enlightening guide to the power and promise of SQL Server 2005 BI.