From: Subject: Tues, May 11 meeting Date: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:31 PM We are back to our regular second Tuesday of the month meeting date for May. If you missed picking up your copy of Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003 this is a second chance. People directly receiving this e-mail are elligible. This is not a pass-along offer. You also have a chance at a door prize too! BizProd User Group Meeting When: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 6:30pm Where: Microsoft, 6th floor, 201 Jones Rd., Waltham, MA Topic: An Tutorial on Business Intelligence and Visualization and a Demo of VoxVue Business Intelligence solutions have historically emphasized access to enterprise data and visualization techniques, but with the advent of Web Services and high-powered, multimedia capable desktop PC's and laptops, the opportunity for a quantum leap is in the offing. Documents created with Microsoft Office products have for years contained valuable business data that has typically not been integrated with data generated in enterprise applications. The convergence of desktop data in Office with enterprise data on a BI platform with rich graphical analytical tools is an evolutionary development with revolutionary consequences for the ability of an organization to strategize and perform more effectively. Mark Pinis of VoxVue demonstrates one example of an application of these exciting new possibilities: a 3D-visualization business modeling desktop tool that links to all relevant data in the business ecosystem, generating otherwise unseen relationships that can lead to valuable insights. One important feature that tools of this class must possess is the ability to embrace Microsoft Office as a source of business-critical data. In this presentation, two business scenarios are explored : * Aligning IT with Corporate Goals: The CIO of a large financial services firm seeks to determine that resources on numerous IT projects are properly aligned with corporate-wide strategies. * Management of Marketing Programs: The marketing group in a company with many diverse businesses is assessing the cost-effectiveness of marketing programs proposed by various business units and other sponsoring entities within the organization. Interested in an overview of the VoxVue product? Visit their Web site at http://www.voxvue.com.