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No doubt you've heard today's news about Microsoft's attempted takeover of Yahoo. Being a data integration guy as I am my interest isn't sparked by talk of share dealings, boardroom swaggering or financial terms; I want to know how Microsoft plan to integrate the two companies' customer lists and employee org charts. This will be no mean feat. I ...

Its a while since I spoke about Analysis Services on here but today I was getting back into the SSAS groove in a couple of ways.   Firstly, I received an email from Microsoft Connect in reply to one of my old suggestions which I opened back in June 2006. The submission went something like this: It would be nice to have ''dynamic'' ...

Just lately I've been doing a bit of searching around to see what data-centric offerings, other than the ones I normally deal with, Microsoft are pulling together. The one that has most caught my eye has been Astoria. I can't remember where exactly I first heard about it but it was this blog entry by Alex Barnett that really ...

Microsoft have purchased Stratature, a provider of Master Data Management (MDM) solutions. Here's some extra info for you:Stratature visited a Conchango community day approximately a year ago and it was clear then that their solution was heavily reliant on Microsoft technologies. Their core offering, +EDM, operates on a SQL Server ...