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REDMOND, Wash.-- Microsoft Corp. today announced it has been recognized for its leadership in delivering business intelligence (BI) with two awards from industry publications Intelligent Enterprise Magazine and DM Review Magazine. Microsoft was selected by Intelligent Enterprise editors as a top company in the Intelligent Enterprise 2003 Dozen -- the 12 IT solution providers that most influence the development of "intelligent" enterprises. And earlier this month DM Review readers selected Microsoft as one of the 2002 DM Review 100: the top 100 business intelligence vendors. Microsoft achieved these awards for delivering affordable business intelligence solutions that are readily available to individuals at all levels of an organization. Microsoft's vision is to provide Business Intelligence for Everyone through software that enables employees to access and understand the information they need to make daily decisions. This vision of BI connects the vital links between employees, strategic IT and corporate profitability. This capability is built into products such as Microsoft(R) SQL Server(TM) 2000 and its integrated Analysis Services component. SQL Server 2000 offers customers built-in data mining, online analytical processing (OLAP), data warehousing, and extract, transform and load (ETL) capabilities. In the past year, further capabilities have been added to SQL Server, making business intelligence even more accessible. They include the SQL Server Accelerator for BI, which helps industry partners build analytical solutions more quickly, SQL Server Notification Services, and SQL Server 2000 Windows(R) CE Edition 2.0, which give customers fast and easy access to their data any time on any device.