PowerPivot for Financial Decision Makers

Presenter: Peter Ward, WARDY IT Solutions

Session 20 (07:00 GMT on May 20)

Session Details

PowerPivot is a new feature in SQL Server 2008 R2 that brings knowledge sharing and management to the world of self-service Business Intelligence, letting businesses use data analysis and presentation to meet their immediate needs. In this session, designed for Financial Decision Makers (FDMs), find out how easy it is to manipulate data to deliver business insight. You’ll learn how to generate rich and interactive analysis tools in hours rather than weeks, letting your organizations achieve deeper business insight and shorter decision cycles.

About the Speaker

Peter Ward is Chief Technical Architect for WARDY IT Solutions, which he founded in 2005. WARDY IT Solutions was awarded the 2008 APAC Microsoft Data Management Solutions Partner of the year award and is a finalist for the QLS ACS IT Awards. Peter, who has been recognized as a SQL Server MVP, is a highly regarded speaker at SQL Server events and a SQL Server consultant and trainer providing solutions for some of the largest SQL Server sites in Australia.