MS drives performance management

By Staff Writer for Microsoft
Johannesburg, 04 Mar 2009

Microsoft is bundling its performance management tool, branded as Performance Point Server, with its Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 enterprise licence, which will be integrated as Performance Point Services.

In a press statement, Microsoft says its decision was to take performance management from being in the exclusive domain of the executive boardroom, and make it available to users across an organisation, without additional licensing costs.

The solution allows organisations to measure business objectives, ranging from individual and business unit goals to organisation-wide performance indicators, the company says.

Mark Stacey, business intelligence consultant at Intervate, says: “The bundling of Performance Point with the MOSS 2007 licence has dramatically increased the value SharePoint provides to its users. Organisations that do not leverage these additional features are missing an opportunity to greatly improve performance and measurability of their employees without additional software spend.”