By Praveen Ramesh

Syncfusion added support for ActivePivot visualization with our latest release. This white paper discusses this integration and how it can benefit you.

QuartetFS' ActivePivot is one of the leading OLAP server products offering a greatly optimized in-memory computation engine with a high-performance view of transactional data. ActivePivot's visualization is usually done from within ActivePivot’s Web site; however, many Syncfusion customers would like to integrate ActivePivot visualization into their own Web (ASP.NET, ASP.NET.MVC, Silverlight) and Windows (Windows Forms, WPF) applications.

This white paper includes:

· How Syncfusion added support for ActivePivot in our BI controls: Essential Grid, Chart, and Client.

· How this support provides great flexibility in incorporating ActivePivot data in custom applications.

· Links to two online demos for Silverlight and ASP.NET.

Down the free white paper and see the online demos.

By Stacia Misner, guest blogger

Microsoft SQL Azure Reporting is a component of the Windows Azure Platform that brings SQL Server Reporting Services capabilities to the cloud. In this webinar, I will explain what cloud-based reporting is all about and the types of scenarios for which it makes sense. For example, although cloud-based reporting can be an attractive option for small-to-mid-sized businesses, there are also some compelling reasons why larger organizations might consider moving some reporting functions to the cloud.

SQL Azure Reporting is still in community preview mode, which means it is still evolving as a product, but that also means it is available for you to explore and evaluate at no additional charge. However, you will need a SQL Azure account, which provides you with cloud-based storage for your databases with or without a Windows Azure account. (With Windows Azure, you can host your own custom applications or run virtual machines in the cloud.) I will show you how easy it is to set up your first SQL Azure database and add SQL Azure Reporting. Currently, Microsoft is offering a three-month trial which includes a 1 GB edition of a SQL Azure database, so you can try it for yourself after watching.

SQL Azure Reporting does not match SQL Server Reporting Services feature for feature, but it does provide a solid platform that is perfect for certain reporting scenarios. During the webinar, I’ll show you exactly what SQL Azure Reporting can do for you, and I’ll point out its limitations. That way, you can make an informed decision about using it to deliver business intelligence from the cloud.

Guest post by Andy Gray, CenterSpace Software

When building numerical applications, you'll inevitably be faced with the challenge of taking raw data and computed results and presenting information in a way that makes business sense to the end user. NMath 5.1 added some new visualization features to help. We've also worked closely with the team at Syncfusion to make it very easy to create visualizations of NMath data with their powerful Essential Chart component.

We've released some free adapter code that will allow you to create an Essential Chart control from NMath data structures with as little as one line of code. We've also written some technical documentation that walks you through many common graphing scenarios using the Syncfusion components. This white paper details how to:

· Download and reference the CenterSpace.NMath.Charting.Syncfusion.NMathChart

· Create and configure Essential Chart controls, and bind charts to NMath data structures.

· Use the NMathChart adapters to create and customize Essential Chart ChartControl instances easily.

· Plot vectors, matrices, functions, fitted functions, function peaks, least squares classes, and histograms using a variety of chart types.

Click here to download the free adapter code and detailed instructions. 

We’ve partnered with our friends at Red Gate Software to offer their .NET Developer Bundle new customers 1 free license of Essential Studio Enterprise Bianry.  For one week only --  From 11th-22nd July -- purchases of Red Gate's .NET Developer Bundle entitle you to a free full license of Syncfusion's award-winning Essential Studio Enterprise Edition. This includes everything you need to start building the elegant UIs, BI dashboards and sophisticated reporting that today's business users need, in the formats they demand.  Learn more about this limited time offer!