A free and compelling add-on, PowerPivot can import huge data sets from just about any data source and crunch them in Excel The core idea behind PowerPivot is deceptively simple: Since people use ...

With the latest iterations of SharePoint Server, Office Excel and SQL Server, Microsoft has kicked up a notch the Business Intelligence capabilities associated with its products. PowerPivot, formerly ...

Could the age of self-service BI (business intelligence) finally be near? And, if so, are organizations ready? For years, BI vendors have promised a way for managers to easily build their own reports ...

The SharePoint Conference 2009 in Las Vegas, acted as the stage for the introduction of Microsoft SQL Server PowerPivot for Excel 2010. The moniker, Microsoft-specific as it might be, is designed as ...

PowerPivot is Microsoft's new self-service business intelligence (BI) product that seeks to make peace between IT and Excel users. PowerPivot is a component of SQL Server 2008 R2 that works with Excel ...

The importance of Excel 2010 in conjunction with SQL Server 2008 R2 lies in the PowerPivot feature that incorporates extensive column compression technology named “VertiPaq”. It was not too long ago ...

Spreadsheets, which have long been a disruptive force to enterprise IT, to some extent are the "killer" applications that helped drive the adoption of personal computers (PCs) in the enterprise.

PowerPivot is an exciting free add-in to Excel 2010 - is this the book you need to get you started with it? Bill Jelen's Introduction starts with "I am a PowerPivot FanBoy" and he goes on to share the ...

If your are wondering how to handle large datasets and complex calculations in your spreadsheets. This is where MS Excel PowerPivot comes into play. PowerPivot is an advanced feature in Excel that ...