I just rewatched this video again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzgMMO-P9F0 - A preview of Microsoft Gemini in Excel 2010.
Why is it that when he says, 'we call them "Slicers"', I can hear Dr. Evil saying 'I call it a "LASER"' ;-)
Well, Gemini is now available as a Community Preview. You can get access to the Gemini CTP if you are a member of the Office 2010 Tech Preview by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/officebusiness/office2010/Default.aspx?vid=Gemini (if you go to that link, click on "Videos", there is a really bad "Project Gemini for Excel 2010" video that you can watch).
Is Gemini a "QlikView Killer"? I am not sure. All I can say is that my experience tells me that QlikView rocks compared to this demo. My experience also tells me that Microsoft are into marathon's, not sprints.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteGemini is going live. It is now called PowerPivot. Microsoft has released some websites. Here you'll find more information (only in German: http://blogs.technet.com/steffenk/archive/2009/10/19/der-name-von-projekt-gemini-powerpivot.aspx
The Microsoft sites are http://www.powerpivot.com/ and http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/powerpivot.aspx
Regards
Christian