Summary:

For IT professionals, business intelligence skills can make you an indispensable member of the team. Understanding how to use data to drive important business decisions not only empowers you to provide key stakeholders with mission critical information, but can also give you a competitive advantage. Successful analysis however depends on whether or not you’ve used available BI tools wisely.

SharePoint Business Intelligence tools are one such way companies organize their data and gain insight into their performance. This 60-minute interactive workshop and demo will provide an overview of business intelligence capabilities in SharePoint 2010 and 2013.

We’ll cover features such as:

• SQL Data
• Excel Services
• PowerPivot Performance
• Point Services
• PowerView (Interactive Dashboards)
• Reporting Services
• And more!

Details:

Tuesday, August 19, 2014
11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET

Speaker:

Terry Simpson is a Senior Solutions Architect with Protiviti's SharePoint Solutions Group. An experienced project manager, consultant, trainer and speaker, Terry has spoken at numerous industry events including the SharePoint Conference.ORG, SUGDC, SharePoint Saturday events where he has shared his expertise in business process management, enterprise content management, business intelligence presentation and workflow.

Moderator:

John Reed is the Senior Executive Director of Robert Half Technology, managing operations for more than 100 Robert Half Technology locations worldwide. Reed is a frequently quoted expert on employment trends in the IT field, and has been featured in various media  and research outlets including Gartner, Computerworld, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Fox News.  He has also been involved in several professional organizations, including IAMCP, the Dallas chapter of the Association of IT Professionals (AITP) and a featured speaker for HDI both locally and nationally.