>I'm not a BI expert, but everyone can see the sun. Microsoft's BI tools are cheap and small and mid-size companies use Microsoft's tools just for that. Xcelsius is not a big part of BI but just say me a Microsoft tool instead for Xcelsius?
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>One of the larger companies (Arcelik) in your home country moved a 5 terabyte Oracle database running under SAP to the Microsoft BI stack.
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>Also, while I am under contract and am limited by what I can say, the Federal Reserve is moving towards the Microsoft BI stack.
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>As for Xcelsius, one can produce much of the same output using Reporting Services and PerformancePoint Services.

Don't ya just love it when people with little knowledge of the subject just keep harping away making ridiculous assertions...