--- title: The Coeo Blog | Business Intelligence (2) description: Business Intelligence | The latest updates from Coeo on retail, gaming, finance and the Microsoft data platform (2) --- [![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/themes/coeo/images/logo.svg)](https://www.coeo.com/) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | [info@coeo.com](mailto:info@coeo.com) | [Client portal login](https://my.coeo.com) # The Coeo Blog ## [Data Modelling with Power BI](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2015/09/11/data-modelling-with-power-bi) So it has been a while since the GA release of PowerBI.com and Power BI Desktop Edition (for those that remember ProClarity and Panorama Desktop tools this choice of name still makes me giggle!) and I thought it about time I put the modelling capabilities of Power BI Desktop to the test. I am a.. [![Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Icons/Logo%20no%20strapline.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2015/09/11/data-modelling-with-power-bi) [Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/author/matt-simpson) | September 11 , 2015 ## [Integrating Hadoop and the Data Warehouse](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2015/03/19/integrating-hadoop-and-the-data-warehouse) The objective of any data warehouse should include: 1. Identification of all possible data assets 2. Select the assets that have actionable content and are accessible 3. Model the assets into a high performance data model 4. Expose the data assets most effective for decision making [![Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Icons/Logo%20no%20strapline.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2015/03/19/integrating-hadoop-and-the-data-warehouse) [Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/author/matt-simpson) | March 19 , 2015 ## [SQL Server BI Edition (Licencing) now makes sense!](https://blog.coeo.com/lesreading/2014/10/13/sql-server-bi-edition-licencing-now-makes-sense) Under the SQL Server 2012 licencing terms running a data warehouse on the BI edition of SQL Server did not make sense if your source databases were licensed per core. [![Les Reading](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Icons/Logo%20no%20strapline.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/lesreading/2014/10/13/sql-server-bi-edition-licencing-now-makes-sense) [Les Reading](https://blog.coeo.com/author/les-reading) | October 13 , 2014 ## [Building BI Projects with Agility](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2014/03/20/building-bi-projects-with-agility) Let me introduce you to an interesting story that was part of the foreword of the Mike Cohn book “Succeeding with Agile: Software Development with Scrum”. In the story, trappers would stop off at the Hudson Bay store to get all their supplies before setting off into the wilderness and make their.. [![Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Icons/Logo%20no%20strapline.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2014/03/20/building-bi-projects-with-agility) [Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/author/matt-simpson) | March 20 , 2014 ## [Microsoft gets serious about Big Data](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2014/02/09/microsoft-gets-serious-about-big-data) Everyone is talking about Big Data. What it is, how important it is and why it should be part of your strategy or roadmap. But what does it really mean? I can only talk from my experiences with various customers and what it means for them. For some it means large volumes of difficult to use data:.. [![Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Icons/Logo%20no%20strapline.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2014/02/09/microsoft-gets-serious-about-big-data) [Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/author/matt-simpson) | February 09 , 2014 ## [Recommended Reading Around Microsoft BI Stack](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2013/10/25/recommended-reading-around-microsoft-bi-stack) I am often asked to recommend good books to help with training or as references around different areas of the MS BI stack. This blog is a list of books I have found most useful, I will look to add to this as I find new ones. [![Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Icons/Logo%20no%20strapline.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/mattsimpson/2013/10/25/recommended-reading-around-microsoft-bi-stack) [Matt Simpson](https://blog.coeo.com/author/matt-simpson) | October 25 , 2013 ### Recent posts ### Categories - [SQL Server (118)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server) - [Azure (58)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure) - [Microsoft (49)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/microsoft) - [Dedicated Support (47)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/dedicated-support) - [Coeo News (43)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/coeo-news) - [Professional Development (34)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/professional-development) - [Industry News (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/industry-news) - [cyber security (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cyber-security) - [power bi (25)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/power-bi) - [Opinion (21)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/opinion) - [Cloud (17)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cloud) - [Business Intelligence (16)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/business-intelligence) - [analytics (15)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/analytics) - [Security (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/security) - [career (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/career) - [SQL Server updates (13)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server-updates) - [windows Updates (11)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/windows-updates) - [Azure Databricks (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-databricks) - [data platform (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-platform) - [Clustering (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/clustering) - [Finance (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/finance-news) - [podcast (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/podcast) - [azure sql database (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-sql-database) - [data (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data) - [Data Science (7)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-science) ### Popular posts ![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/logo-invert.png) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | info@coeo.com ## Contact Us By clicking submit below, you consent to allow Coeo to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested. 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