Microsoft unveils a road map for SQL Server "Kilimanjaro," which will contain new BI capabilities. Microsoft officials also discuss plans for the DATAllegro integration with SQL Server, which they say will enable SQL Server to penetrate deeper into data warehouse environments by improving scalability.Microsoft offered the public a glimpse of the future of SQL Server at its
Business Intelligence Conference in Seattle.
During his conference keynote, Ted Kummert, vice president of Microsoft’s
Data and Platform Storage division, laid out the company’s plans to build
additional business intelligence capabilities into SQL Server. This version of
SQL Server, code-named Kilimanjaro, will include self-service reporting updates
and new BI functionality code-named Project Gemini.
According to Microsoft, through Project Gemini, users of SQL Server
Kilimanjaro will be able to grab data and create their own BI applications and
assets to share and collaborate on from within popular Microsoft Office
productivity tools. The Gemini component of Kilimanjaro features a SharePoint
midtier for publishing, collaboration and management; Excel-hosted Gemini
client Self-service Data Preparation; and a column-based storage engine.
“Kilimanjaro will allow an end user to leverage the technology they are
familiar with Excel [and] SharePoint to produce a report and share it with
their colleagues for further collaboration,” said Tom Casey, GM of SQL Server
Business Intelligence, in an interview with eWEEK. “It’s a combination really
of self-service BI and knowledge management. Additionally, the environment is
an IT managed one, so intelligence captured through the application will be
transferred back into SQL Server. No more lost intelligence sitting in Excel
files on the end user's desktop.”
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