By Chris Alliegro [bio]
Posted: Aug. 18, 2008

The following an excerpt of a Research Report published by Directions on Microsoft, an independent research firm focused exclusively on Microsoft strategy & technology. More samples of our content, as well as a list of upcoming articles and reports are also available.

PerformancePoint Server 2007, a collection of three business intelligence (BI) applications released in Sept. 2007, could help large organizations streamline financial reporting and budgeting, visualize business data, and analyze and report details about business performance. PerformancePoint could also strengthen Microsoft's hand in the increasingly hot BI applications market. However, PerformancePoint Server's complexity could challenge early adopters that jump in without the assistance of a knowledgeable partner.

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