On Gartner's Latest Report about PerformancePoint

Special thanks to B(iQ) Principal Consultant Nick Barclay for sourcing this latest report from Gartner, written by Neil Chandler on the impact of PerformancePoint Server 2007 in the corporate performance management (CPM) market.

Without stealing its thunder, the report finds that PerformancePoint is expected to approach market leadership within four to five years. The product is recommended today for organizations looking to execute a performance management initiative, having already invested in SQL Server 2005 and SharePoint Server 2007.

- Adrian Downes

On Two Rational Guides for PerformancePoint Server 2007

After The Rational Guide to Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager 2005 was released many people asked "so when's the PPS book coming?". Nick Barclay and I remained decidedly quiet about the idea of another book. It was, in fact, always our intention to write a PerformancePoint book, with the aim of publishing as close to RTM as possible.

Early on in the planning process we found that a single Rational Guide just didn't contain enough pages to cover the product adequately; to remedy this we wrote two books.

We are pleased to announce that the following books are soon to be published via Rational Press:

• The Rational Guide to Monitoring and Analyzing with Microsoft Office to PerformancePoint Server 2007 (available November 2007)
  


• The Rational Guide to Planning with Microsoft Office to PerformancePoint Server 2007 (available December 2007)

Based on the feedback from readers and bloggers, Nick and I have found that the interest in learning the product is massive. Our titles are designed specifically to help you get up to speed quickly with the Monitor - Analyze - Plan feature areas of PerformancePoint.

- Adrian Downes