Comparison of BI Tools: Power BI vs Cognos vs Crystal Reports vs SSRS

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Which is the best Business Intelligence (BI) tool available? Why is it the best and what distinguishable features makes it the best one? What are the alternatives? What is the current client base of this tool? Is this BI tool the right one for your business as well? What should you be looking for when evaluating BI tools? Will your business analyst or end users be capable enough to extract desired information from this tool?

In this blog, we evaluated some of the most popular BI tools out there, provided an overview and compared features, hopefully helping you to make the right choice of BI tool to meet your business requirements. A first step to finding the best tool for your company.

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SharePoint as a Corporate Data Warehouse: Pros and Cons

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The current Corporate environment is continuously evolving. Organisations, whether small or enterprise, have their presence globally. Gone are the days where employees used to work from one dedicated seat in an office, now they work remotely.
Firms are under tremendous pressure to be productive. Employees should be able to collaborate easily and meet deadlines, not only timely but also qualitatively. On top of it, regulations impose ever deeper audits based on historical data.

This may sound simple and straightforward, but it is instead quite hard to achieve. Microsoft SharePoint could be a possible answer to the requirements above. It lets firms to meet the ever-changing needs, collaborate effectively and assist a lot in making better business decisions. The numbers speak for themselves: as per the data from Microsoft, over 350 companies from Fortune 500 are using SharePoint.

Still, as you store more and more corporate data into SharePoint, does it ensure that it will suit all your needs? Let’s explore the pros and cons of SharePoint when being considered as a Corporate Data Warehouse.

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Options for Replicating SharePoint Data to SQL Server – Collab365 Session

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Replicate your SharePoint Data to SQL Server quickly and easily with SQList v4.0

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Announcing AxioWorks SQList v4.0

We are proud to announce the release of SQList v4.0. This release is designed to make replication of SharePoint data to SQL Server even easier, faster and with a greater degree of automation.

Download AxioWorks SQList v4.0


  • Export sub-sites automatically:     you can now export lists and libraries from a SharePoint site and it’s sub-sites in a single replication.
  • Automatically export similar lists: SQList 4.0 will automatically replicate lists and libraries with the same name across a site collection to normalised SQL Server tables. 
  • Use of SharePoint native change tracking: we have changed the way SQList detects changed items; this  improves performance, reduces load on the SharePoint server and handles threshold limitations without the need to create indexes or change the list view threshold.
  • Union view: SQList can now automatically generate an aggregated SQL view of similar lists and libraries.
  • A brand new UI: we have all but rewritten the SQList Manager UI to make it easier to set-up replications. Our new “replicate in 60 seconds” wizard makes setting up a replication from scratch a breeze. Try it and see for yourself!

Try AxioWorks SQList v4.0