Microsoft makes intelligent acquisition

by admin April 4, 2006 at 11:39 am

Brief: ProClarity should help the software giant’s business intelligence strategy along

Microsoft announced on Monday that it plans to acquire business analytics software developer ProClarity, a third-party Microsoft developer, ProClarity to increase its presence in the business intelligence market. Proclarity has business analytics that work with such Microsoft products as SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005 and Microsoft Office Excel. Microsoft’s Office productivity suite and server products, such as its SharePoint portal software, are expected to feature business intelligence and collaboration capabilities.

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