Welcome to the Financial Services Channel of the Business Intelligence Network Spain. This channel provides insights into how business intelligence can help you address your business challenges. Companies in the financial services industry are leveraging business intelligence and performance management solutions to gain valuable insights into their organization, customers, operations, and supply chain and are positively impacting their bottom lines.

I hope you will find this channel helpful and relevant. I welcome your input on how I can make this channel most valuable to you and invite you to e-mail me at BISolutions@avanade.com with your comments and suggestions.

Markus is a BI Global Solutions Director and Avanade's primary business intelligence (BI) expert. He defines and directs the implementation of Avanade's solution strategy relative to Microsoft's BI products and alliances, including the creation of intellectual property (IP) and reusable implementation assets that accelerate customer deployment.

Markus leads a team of solution architects who work closely with the Microsoft Office Business Applications product group. His team influences the Microsoft product road map through the escalation of technical learnings, challenges and feedback from Avanade customers and the global BI community. Markus joined Avanade in 2005, and has more than 10 years of experience in designing and delivering Microsoft-based BI solutions. Prior to joining Avanade, he owned a business intelligence consulting company in Germany and worked in the management of a BI-focused ISV.

Editor's note: More financial articles, resources, news and events are available in the BeyeNETWORK's Financial Services Channel, led by Markus Sprenger. Be sure to visit today!