1) Windward's SQL Reporting Software (http://www.windwardreports.com/)

 

Windward Reports allows for designer specific layouts in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, rapid template creations for business professionals, and rapid document creation. Data access is available in SQL, XML, Excel spreadsheets and a number of other data sources. Output includes HTML, PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX. The program also features Document Generation and Mail Merge.

 

 

2) Tableau Software (http://www.tableausoftware.com/)

 

Tableau allows rapid configuration and deployment live connections to the SQL Server database. Data discovery includes a wide variety of databases and spreadsheets with a live data connection for minute to minute changes and multi-view of multiple data sources. Tableau provides interactivity to see patterns, find outliers and coax insights from SQL data.

 

 

3) Christian Steven SQL-RD (http://www.christiansteven.com/)

 

SQL-RD is a automation tool for scheduling, exporting, distributing and delivering Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Reports. It is a Business Intelligence applications for windows defines single or packages of Microsoft SQL Reporting Services reports, schedules and runs them automatically, and sends the reports to print, fax, disk, ftp, sms, or email in a several standard formats.

 

4) Perpetuum Software Silverlight Applications (http://www.perpetuumsoft.com)

 

Silverlight Viewer for Reporting Services provides the ability to view Reporting Services reports in Silverlight applications. The Silverlight Viewer for Reporting Services allows for WYSIWYG report preview in web browsers with support for scaling, scrolling, and panning. It is supported in Out-of-browser mode. Silverlight will export reports to PDF, Excel, HTML, CVS, XML, MHTML, and TIFF.

 

 

5) Izenda Reports (http://blog.izenda.com)

 

Izenda leverages Ajax to enhance performance and responsiveness. Its security works with existing security models to minimize needed customization and exports to Excel, Word, RTF, PDF OpenOffice, XML, Embedded and Bulk CSV for large data. XCOPY Deployment with no additional configuration required for additional servers.

 

 

6) SiSense Prism (http://www.sisense.com)

 

 SiSense Prism is a business intelligence tool that allows individual users, departments and entire businesses to use business intelligence solutions such as reporting, management dashboards, KPI tracking and on-the-spot analysis of any type of data, in any format and of any size. SiSense Prism supports Microsoft Excel and Access; SQL Server, Oracle and MysSQL; any ODBC-compliant database, text files and CSV files; Google Adwords and Analytics. The program includes advanced pivoting, tables, charts, gauges, time analysis functions, filters, segmentation and exports to Excel and PDF.

 

7) Aspose.Slides (http://www.aspose.com/)

 

Aspose.Slides for Reporting Services allows users to generate reports in Microsoft PowerPoint PPT, PPTX, PPS and PPSX formats from Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Reporting Services. Most RDL report features such as tables, matrices, charts and images are supported. This program can create: comparison charts from database in RDL reports and export them in MS PowerPoint presentation; RDL reports with headers, footers, images, tables, textboxes, and rectangles and export these reports to MS PowerPoint presentation; and data centric RDL reports carrying sub reports and export them to MS PowerPoint.

 

 

8) Soft Artisans Office Writer (http://officewriter.softartisans.com/)

 

SQL Server Reporting Services is server-based reporting platform that can be used to create and manage tabular, matrix, and graphical free-form reports from multiple data sources. One of the features of Reporting Services is that presentation processing occurs once the data is retrieved, enabling multiple users to review the same report simultaneously in formats designed for different devices. SQL Server Reporting Services uses .NET technology to integrate a variety of heterogeneous data types to deliver information in variety of formats. Using this tool, developers can use Report Designer, with the help of Visual Studio .Net that works as a graphical tool by generating reports using the Report Definition Language (RDL) format which can be customized with any RDL-aware tool.

 

 

9) DBxtra Stand Alone Reporting Software (http://www.dbxtra.com/)

 

DBxtra Stand Alone Reporting Software allows users to design and deliver corporate reports over a web browser. This program can connect to databases like MS Access, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Pervasive, DB2, Excel, text files and through ODBC or OLEDB. The visual query builder allows users to build complex SQL queries in drag and drop mode, without the need to write any SQL code. Power users can also write their own SQL syntax or copy-paste their queries in the SQL pane, as well as assign groups and aggregate functions like SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN, etc.

 

 

10) Nevron Chart for SSRS (http://www.nevron.com/)

 

 

Nevron Chart for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 2005/2008 is an advanced report item, which delivers a complete set of 2D and 3D charting types, highly customizable axes, tight data integration and unmatched visual effects to reports. Nevron Chart for SSRS is a tool for any serious Business Intelligence, Scorecard, Presentation, Scientific or general purpose report.

 Nevron Chart for SSRS includes: set of 2D/3D Charting Types and Advanced Axis Model; support for 3D charting and XY and XYZ scatter charts; Photoshop-like effects, HTML-like rich-text formatting; and integration with SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 and 2008.

 

 

11) SQL Anywhere (http://www.sybase.com/)

 

SQL Anywhere offers users an entry level database for departmental reporting and analytics. Because SQL Anywhere uses the same SQL engine as Sybase IQ, users can migrate to the No. 1 column-based analytics server proven to scale up to one petabyte of data. SQL Anywhere gives users the tools to: create customized applications that benefit from advanced database features and data interface; leverage GUI applications to build reports and analyze data; integrate SQL Anywhere within existing IT environments, replicating data from production databases in order to offload reporting.

 

 

 12) Mainsoft SQL Reporting Services Integrator for WebSphere Portal (http://www.mainsoft.com/)

 

Mainsoft's Reporting Services consists of the Reporting Services Viewer portlet with integrated report navigation. End users can explore the MS SQL Reporting Services reports repository and select a report for viewing from a hierarchy of folders (see Figure 1). Users can reference a breadcrumbs menu at the top of the Explorer to navigate through the folders and select the report that they would like to see. The Reporting Services Integrator is provided as a single Java WAR file, which can be installed and configured using the Portal Administrator menus.The Reporting Services is built using Mainsoft, Portal Edition. The toolkit enables .NET developers to create JSR 168 compliant portlets that run natively on WebSphere Portal using ASP.NET controls, C#, and Visual Basic. The software cross-compiles .NET source code to Java bytecode, enabling the .NET team, who designed the original applications, to maintain them on WebSphere Portal, without having to rewrite the applications in Java.

 

 

13) Module Masters (http://modulemasters.com)

 

Module Masters allows users to interface DotNetNuke portals with Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 or 2008 reporting services, allowing users to select which reports to run or specify exactly which report will be shown within the module. This transparently bridges the gap between the user’s DNN portal and your reporting server. This module features: passing profile properties as parameters, encrypted passwords and DNN IPortable Support; support of regular expression filtering of reports, support for SQL Reporting Services 2008 and new controls such as Tablix, and interfaces with Microsoft SQL Reporting Services 2008, SQL Reporting Services 2005 or SQL Reporting Services 2000.

 

 

14) Tidal Enterprise Adapter for Microsoft (http://www.tidalsoftware.com/)

 

Tidal Enterprise Adapter for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services is a comprehensive interface between Tidal Enterprise Scheduler and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. It extends the reach of the Tidal Enterprise Scheduler with the following critical capabilities designed to simplify scheduling for SOA environments:

• Allows jobs that invoke web service operations to be defined
• Supports SOAP/HTTP web services defined by Web Service Description Language (WSDL) 
• Parses WSDL to discover all the defined operations and arguments
• Uses Tidal Enterprise Scheduler variables as input arguments to web service calls

The Adapter also offers users a unified view of their entire schedule, regardless of the other applications, processes, and systems in place.

 

 

15) SSW SQL Reporting Services Auditor (http://www.ssw.com.au/)

SSW SQL Reporting Services Auditor is a utility to validate SQL Reports. SSW SQL Reporting Services Auditor is a powerful utility that enables you to validate reports, which returns an XML dataset that can be consumed natively by SQL 2005 Reporting Services. The XML dataset can also be consumed by SQL 2000 Reporting Services. SSW SQL Reporting Services Auditor uses XML to create its reports. This system requires .NET Framework 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Service

 

The cell phone has been a staple of my existence since I entered college. Quickly and quietly it has wrapped a web of influence in my life until I cannot help but agree with Donna Haraway in her insistence that I am in fact a cyborg.

It was not until the winter of 2006 that the cell phone started to creep its way into every aspect of my life. Up until that point I would often lose my phone or let the battery go dead for days. In 2006 I discovered that every young person I knew had been texting instead of calling each other. A fact I that surely would not have escaped my attention had I ever used my own cell phone. That became the turning point for me. I was soon texting everyone I knew while I was in class, at work, eating or studying. Even now as I am writing this memoir I’m simultaneously conversing via text with three people. I found that it was far simpler to simply carry on a conversation via text message instead of speaking over the phone or even in person.

As I became more accustomed and addicted to text messaging, I discovered that I could not bear to be separated from my cell phone. It had become an extension of me. If ever there was a time when I lost my cell phone, or even walked out of room without it I immediately began to feel anxious. This unhealthy attachment to my cell phone led me to a more expensive path of ongoing upgrades through which I was able to get internet and data messaging. This in turn led me to continuously upgrade my phones so that I could get more advanced versions of these services.

Two of the most addictive features of the mobile internet are the mobile communities and online books. For some time I would constantly find myself on a mobile chat community called Mocospace, browsing profiles and chatting with people from all over the country and the world. Often I would get on to these chat rooms for hours at a time and usually only log off when my thumbs and wrists began to cramp. Similarly, I would use my mobile google search to find html web sites that could easily convert to mobile format and thereby browse and read entire books on my cell phone.

A fact that wldnt have escaped my attention had i used my phone. . .Ever :-P

N 2006 i discovered that every young person i knew had been txting nstead of calling eachother

Up until that point i wld often lose my phone or let the battery go dead 4 days.

It wasnt until the winter of 2006 that the cell phone started to creep its way n2 every aspect of my life.

The cell phone has been a staple of my existence since i entered college. Quickly and quietly it's wrapped a web of influence n my life until I cannot help but agree with Donna Haraway in her insistence that I am in fact a cyborg.