@bluefeet lots of great whitepapers on Tabular http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn393915.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj127437.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj735264.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj874401.aspx