Tag Archives: SQL Server 2008

Club CALUMO was FUN!

I had a great time at Club CALUMO and learned loads about Microsoft SQL Server Denali and how Pickles Auctions uses CALUMO and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.

Above is a video summary of the event – produced by Peter, one of CALUMO’s developers. It’s VERY good.  Well done Pete.

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BI In Education – University of NSW

First of trilogy of End User case studies, here is a short and potted history of deiverables at University of NSW.

CALUMO was invited by UNSW to assist them in reducing overheads and costs of their budgeting and reporting system.

Utilizing their existing technology and adding the CALUMO application layer, UNSW was able to provide effective management reporting across the University as well as a budget interface for… Continue reading

End of Main Stream Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005

On April 12 2011 support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 by Microsoft expired. This shouldn’t come as a surprise (it did sneak up on me though), SQL 2005 is 5 years old now and if you haven’t upgraded  to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, now is the time. 

With Microsoft’s support for SQL Sever now… Continue reading