While I was in San Francisco for VSLive, I took half an hour to talk about BI with Ron Jacobs, host of ARCast, Microsoft's Internet audio podcast for software architects. The show went up online yesterday.
You can read a blurb about it, and click a link to play it here:http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/ARCast_with_Ron_Jacobs
Direct links to wma- and mp3-formatted copies of the show are:http://channel9.msdn.com/Podcasts/164350_ARCast020106-BIWithSQLServer.wmahttp://channel9.msdn.com/Podcasts/164350_ARCast020106-BIWithSQLServer.mp3
The podcast is timely, given that I just returned from the Microsoft BI PAC (Partner Advisory Council) meeting. While most of what was discussed there is under non-disclosure, what I can tell you is that Microsoft is serious about BI on the server, on the client, and from line of business applications. Watch out Business Objects, Cognos and Hyperion!