Are you the type of person that has ever wondered which running back has the most yards per carry on natural fields when it's raining and the wind is in their face?

 

Well, a few years ago I had an opportunity to watch, from the sidelines, as a long time friend of mine (Rob Collie) generated wicked stats like that day in day out.  His team built an Excel Services application for a now-defunct fantasy football project over in MSN. They were looking at data in all sorts of ways...

 

The beauty of it all?  It's that little thing called BI.  You can take that first sentence of mine, remove football references, add your business elements... and it's practically the same concept - looking at your data in new and exciting ways.

 

BI in 2010 is pretty amazing.  There have been a lot of improvements that will make it much easier for more people to explore their worlds.  Gemini ... and yes, I'm still having a hard time getting used to the new name ... PowerPivot will change how businesses look at their data.

 

I invite you to check out Rob Collie's blog at PowerPivotPro.com.  He's one of the folks that worked on Gemini... and he's an avid football stats man... the combo is dangerous if you're in his fantasy football league ... expect his blog to be packed with some informative articles!

 

 

-Maurice