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 core idea behind PowerPivot is deceptively simple: Since people use Excel as a generic data analysis tool, why not make Excel into a front end for data analysis from any number of sources, not ...

It comes free with Office 2010 and allows all of your Excel power users to dabble in business intelligence. Is it a godsend for IT or a new nightmare to manage?

It's not expected that the Excel PowerPivot component will require additional licensing, though to experience the full power of the solution you'd need to use the server side components delivered in ...

Microsoft PowerPivot is equipping an army of Excel users with the chops to build their own business intelligence reports Could the age of self-service BI (business intelligence) finally be near?

Microsoft PowerPivot will equip an army of Excel users with business intelligence chops.

In-Depth Microsoft PowerPivot: Making Excel Analytics Work A new component in SQL Server 2008 R2 gives users the autonomy to set up business intelligence functionality in Excel without taking ...

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 ...