Could the age of self-service BI (business intelligence) finally be near? And, if so, are organizations ready? For years, BI vendors have promised a way for managers to easily build their own reports ...

A free and compelling add-on, PowerPivot can import huge data sets from just about any data source and crunch them in Excel The core idea behind PowerPivot is deceptively simple: Since people use ...

A new component in SQL Server 2008 R2 gives users the autonomy to set up business intelligence functionality in Excel without taking control of the process away from IT. PowerPivot is Microsoft's new ...

PowerPivot with SQL Server 2008 R2 One of the prime-time features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is provided by the “Project Gemini” technology known as PowerPivot for “Self Service BI”. Working with ...

Upgrade your Pivot Tables in Excel with Power Pivot! This video covers how to use Power Pivot to analyze multiple Excel ...

Spreadsheets, which have long been a disruptive force to enterprise IT, to some extent are the "killer" applications that helped drive the adoption of personal computers (PCs) in the enterprise.

Claim this complimentary eBook worth $50 for free, before the offer ends today, Sep 16. Excel is still the most popular tool for organizing and analyzing data, and today's professionals are expected ...

Pivot tables in Microsoft Excel are a great way to organize and analyze data, and the more you know about the feature, the more you’ll get out of it. For instance, filtering a pivot table is a great ...

Excel created pivot tables to improve upon its convoluted, weak reporting features (which are still available). The pivot table is actually a collection of tools that Excel uses to help you create ...