{"id":16092,"date":"2015-04-17T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devwww.3cloudsolutions.com\/post\/what-microsoft-users-need-to-know-about-its-acquisition-of-datazen-2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T21:00:24","slug":"what-microsoft-users-need-to-know-about-its-acquisition-of-datazen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/resources\/what-microsoft-users-need-to-know-about-its-acquisition-of-datazen\/","title":{"rendered":"What Microsoft Users Need to Know About its Acquisition of Datazen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hs-migrated-cms-post\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Microsoft recently <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/14\/microsoft-acquires-mobile-business-intelligence-leader-datazen\/\">announced<\/a> the acquisition of mobile <a href=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/business-intelligence\/\">business intelligence<\/a> and data visualization service Datazen.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.datazen.com\/\">Datazen<\/a> allows users to create mobile dashboards from data in Excel and other sources. This acquisition, according to Microsoft, accelerates its Power BI strategy, and <strong>will help organizations create a data culture by allowing users to extract data from anywhere on any device.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"img-1429297627669\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\" src=\"https:\/\/3cloudsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/microsoftdatazenacquisition.jpg\" alt=\"microsoftdatazenacquisition\" width=\"299\" height=\"216\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How Does the Acquisition Impact Microsoft Users?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Datazen\u2019s technology works with several mobile devices including Windows, iOS and Android, as well as Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition. Customers that use version 2008 and up can immediately download Datazen\u2019s software at no cost.\u201cWith the pervasive use of mobile devices at work, mobile business intelligence (BI) is at a tipping point. Datazen is a mobile-first company at the forefront of this wave, with enterprise customers around the globe using its technology,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/14\/microsoft-acquires-mobile-business-intelligence-leader-datazen\/\">wrote<\/a> Microsoft\u2019s Partner Director, Cloud + Enterprise at Microsoft Kamal Hathi.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn particular, SQL Server customers love Datazen, because it is optimized for SQL Server Analysis Services and the overall Microsoft platform, enabling rich, interactive data visualization and KPIs on all major mobile platforms: &#8230;This means millions of people around the world will now be able to visualize and interact with data on their mobile devices, using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datazen.com\/start\/\">native mobile apps<\/a> available at no charge at the respective app stores,\u201d Hathi wrote.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hathi notes Datazen\u2019s technology and solutions will complement Microsoft\u2019s Power BI and round out its mobile capabilities. The company plans to eventually integrate Datazen\u2019s technology with Power BI \u201cto give our customers another hybrid bridge for their on-premises investment to the cloud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-8fec1bd4-c8bf-cdc9-8cfc-4bb013cc6995\">BlueGranite can help you get started with the Datazen technology. We have experience with Datazen and can help you install it, create proof of concepts and answer any questions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blue-granite.com\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> today to learn more!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft recently announced the acquisition of mobile business intelligence and data visualization service Datazen. 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