A new component in SQL Server 2008 R2 gives users the autonomy to set up business intelligence functionality in Excel without taking control of the process away from IT. PowerPivot is Microsoft's new ...

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 ...

Microsoft PowerPivot will equip an army of Excel users with business intelligence chops Could the age of self-service BI (business intelligence) finally be near? And, if so, are organizations ready?