I wanted to get this out before the holiday season start.  But hopefully we see everyone out for the next Cincinnati SharePoint Users Group.  The meeting is on January 6 at Max Train.  I’m really excited about January’s topic as well, we’ll be hearing about SharePoint BI from a close personal friend and former colleague of mine, Tavis Lovell.

Here’s the abstract and speaker bio from the CincySPUG Web Site:

SharePoint 2010 and Business Intelligence

You’ve got data, probably lots and lots of data across multiple systems. Your end users however want timely access to information to make effective decisions and to monitor and analyze performance. Join us for a high level overview and demonstration of what SharePoint 2010 has to offer end users who have Business Intelligence needs. Topics covered will be:

• Excel Services

• PowerPivot

• Visio Services

• Reporting Services (SharePoint Integrated Mode)

• Performance Point Dashboards

Presenter: Tavis Lovell
Tavis Lovell is a Practice consultant with Ascendum Solutions, specializing in SQL Server (Integration Services, Reporting Services, Analysis Services) and database design related to transactional or BI implementations on the Microsoft stack. Tavis is also involved with using SharePoint 2010 for content delivery as it relates to Business Intelligence. When he’s not trying to help the world make better decisions, he spends his time either pretending he’s Jimi Hendrix, or falling down the sides of mountains on a snowboard

I look forward to seeing everyone there for some pizza and learnin’!