London seminar explains joint Microsoft/HP BI strategy

There is still time to register for an afternoon event in London co-hosted  by SQL Server Magazine, Microsoft and HP in London on June 17 entitled "Make Sense of Enterprise Data and Cure the Information Disconnect".

The conference is free to attend and will be held at the Microsoft 's offices at Cardinal Place, Victoria Street. It includes an evening buffet.

Organisers say that harnessing huge volumes of data cost-effectively to gain business insight requires a new approach. At the event, Microsoft and HP will explain how they have engineered a range of products that combine their software and hardware assets into optimised data-warehouse appliances. In addition to delivering scalability, these appliances provide enhanced support for Microsoft’s BI stack.

Presenters include Tom Casey, who  is responsible for Microsoft's business platform division’s cloud services initiatives, data warehousing guru Val Fontama and HP's Amel Blouza, an ESSN senior technology consultant  and SQL Server evangelist. You can register here,