Microsoft has announced the availability of the Microsoft SQL Server Accelerator for Business Intelligence (BI). The Accelerator for BI is a rapid application development tool which automates the process of building the infrastructure of an analytical application.
The tool was created so partners can quickly and more easily build customised BI solutions to meet customers` specific needs. The Accelerator for BI lowers the barrier to entry for developing analytical applications, making BI more accessible to customers.
The Accelerator for BI encapsulates industry best practices and automates the building process to create the back end for a customised BI solution, significantly decreasing the amount of time needed for design and development. Automating these procedures enables partners and customers to spend less time coding and architecting the solution so they can focus on end-user business requirements. The resulting applications have better business focus and enable the customer to bring the solution to market faster, resulting in a higher return on investment.
"The SQL Server Accelerator for BI represents a significant step in Microsoft`s goal of advancing SQL Server and Analysis Services as a widely deployed analytical platform," says Neil Isserow, product marketing manager at Microsoft South Africa. "This tool will make the creation of analytic applications on Analysis Services within the reach of more developers than was possible before."
The Accelerator for BI includes an ecosystem based on SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services that provides support, tools and best practices for building BI applications. It enables customers to focus on their business needs and partners to focus on their core competencies in developing and integrating custom analytic solutions. The custom analytics builder lets partners add their own intellectual property and services to provide added-value solutions to customers.
The Accelerator for BI is available for download at no additional cost to licensed SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition users. More information can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/solutions/bi/.
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