Microsoft and Business Intelligence

Good overview of what MSFT is up to in the business intelligence area for large companies, the whole article contains useful details:

' .. Microsoft has unveiled the details of its upcoming business intelligence (BI) and data warehouse releases, and the watchwords are self-service and scalability.

Previously codenamed Project Gemini, Microsoft plans to release an Excel add-on called PowerPivot that will give casual users access to more data sources and the ability to report and analyze more raw data in Excel than ever before, according to the company.... '