"Iconics customers can now take advantage of SQL Server 2012's advanced BI capabilities," said Herain Oberoi, director of SQL Server product marketing for Microsoft. "We're excited to see the benefits of this release add value to the energy management and manufacturing arena."
According to Oberoi, "SQL Server 2012 delivers a powerful new set of capabilities for mission-critical workloads, business intelligence and hybrid IT across traditional datacenters and private and public clouds. Features such as Power View and SQL Server Data Tools expand the self-service BI capabilities delivered with PowerPivot, and provide an integrated development environment for SQL Server developers. The new ColumnStore Index delivers over 10x data warehouse performance gains."