Microsoft revealed some more details about a cloud-based configuration assessment service for SQL Server codenamed Atlanta. – Microsoft has unveiled more details of project quot;Atlanta quot;, a cloud-based configuration assessment service aimed at Microsoft SQL Server deployments.
The company released a beta version of the service this week during the PASS Summit 2010 conference in Seattle. It was just one of several…
A hacker exploited a SQL injection vulnerability on the Royal Navy Website to steal administrator passwords and usernames. – A hacker reportedly exploited a SQL injection vulnerability on the Website of Britain’s Royal Navy, according to media reports.
The incident took place Nov. 5, when a hacker known by the alias
TinKode is believed to have attacked the site and stolen passwords
and usernames. Right now, the si…
Microsoft announced the availability of SQL Server 2008 SP2. – Microsoft released an update to SQL Server 2008 with new improvements around
reporting and management.
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes updates for Reporting Services
integration with SharePoint products. SQL Server 2008 SP2 report servers can
integrate with SharePoint 2010 products…
Microsoft SQL Azure Service Update 4 is now live with new support for database copying, an enhanced help system and deployment of Microsoft’s "Houston" tool to multiple data centers. – Microsoft has released an update to SQL Azure with new support for database
copying.
With SQL Azure Service Update 4, users get the ability to take a
snapshot of their database.
quot;This new
copy feature is the first step in backup support for SQL Azure, allowing
you to get a complete backu…
SQL Examiner is a tool to aid database developers. It makes SQL compare and synchronization possible and the latest version can perform a complete analysis of your database structure, identifying changes and exporting them to a hot-fix.
Many proprietary database systems come with a report writer but are too difficult to use. They need a knowledge of SQL or they need an expensive expert to prepare the report. Sometimes there is no report writer available at all. Here is a solution.
Many proprietary database systems come with a report writer but are too difficult to use. They need a knowledge of SQL or they need an expensive expert to prepare the report. Sometimes there is no report writer available at all. Here is a solution.
Sybase is touting the enhancements introduced in SQL Anywhere 12, the impending release of Sybase’s mobile database application. – Sybase pulled the covers off SQL
Anywhere 12 June 29 and revealed what users can expect in the upcoming
release of the company’s mobile database.
In SQL Anywhere 12, the company has added new quot;support for storage and
synchronization of spatial data, quot; Apple iPhones and a number of
se…
One of the most compelling new features in both Excel 2010 and in SQL Server 2008 R2 is PowerPivot, a new tool that enables spreadsheet-savvy workers to take on larger amounts of data from within a spreadsheet-style interface. – With the
late April release of its SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has extended its
popular database server product with core platform enhancements, new management
capabilities and a raft of features focused on enabling self-service business
intelligence scenarios.
On the self-service BI fr…
In SQL Server, the data information is stored in MDF files, which are susceptible to corruption. Many unwanted and unfortunately unavoidable reasons can cause MDF file corruption. A scroll through Google search engine would bring you towards SQL database recovery tools. One such product is SysTools SQL Recovery software, which can be exactly the software you might be looking for.
Dell says combining its server and storage solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 will help customers run large scale data centers and data warehouses more effectively.
– Dell is pitching a combination of its server and storage offerings and the newly released Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 as an answer to data center and data warehouse management challenges.
Dell is touting support for SQL Server 2008 R2 on its complete
line of 64-bit PowerEdge servers as well as …
Microsoft released the latest version of its SQL Server database management system to manufacturing today. The database will be available to customers in early May.
– Microsoft released the final version of SQL Server 2008 Release 2 (R2) to manufacturing today.
According to Microsoft, customers can expect availability
in the next few weeks through Microsoft distribution channels. The
update features a number of enhancements centered on scalability,
analytic…
Gear6, a provider of enhanced Memcached solutions, has announced enhancements to the Memcached distributed memory caching system to scale both SQL and NoSQL applications.
– Gear6, a provider of enhanced Memcached solutions, has announced
enhancements to the Memcached distributed memory caching system to scale both
SQL and NoSQL applications.
On April 13, Gear6
announced a fully persistent Memcached distribution that provides native
querying and enterprise-class op…
Microsoft shipped the final community technology preview for the SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse appliance, formerly code-named Project Madison. The product was slated to be released in the first half of this year, but Microsoft appears to have pushed the schedule back to get more user feedback.
– Microsoft has released the final community technology preview for
the SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse appliance, though it
appears to have pushed back the final release of the product.
The appliance, formerly
known as Project Madison, was slated to be ready in the first half of 2010…
Updated: Sybase is demonstrating the new spatial data capabilities to arrive in the upcoming version of SQL Anywhere at the ESRI Worldwide Business Partner Conference.
– Sybase has plans for advanced spatial data functionality in the next release
of its SQL Anywhere database.
The technology enables the
development of spatial applications for smartphones and
the synchronization of quot;on-device spatial data with spatial databases,
application servers and ent…
Microsoft plans to release SQL Server 2008 R2, currently in the CTP phase, by May.
– Microsoft announced Jan. 19 that SQL Server 2008 Release 2 will be ready by
May.
SQL Server 2008 R2 is currently in the community
technology preview phase. The most recent CTP
was released in November. Since the first CTP in August, there have been
more than 150,000 downloads of the database, …
Microsoft has released a new preview version of a tool that enables users of the MySQL database to migrate to Microsoft’s SQL Server.
– Microsoft has released a new preview version of a tool that enables
users of the MySQL database to migrate to Microsoft’s SQL Server.
On Jan. 11, Microsoft released a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL,
which the company refers to a…
A brand new Microsoft SQL technology just hit the marketplace on January 1, 2010. Or maybe it would be better to say that a rebranded Microsoft technology just hit the marketplace. Azure services is Microsoft’s most significant step into cloud computing. It functions as a complete platform in the cloud with computing, storage and fabrictying individual systems into an integrated network that can balance processing load or share resources.
SQL injection placed No. 3 on Verizon’s list of the 15 most common attacks in its data breach report. Preventing SQL injections can be the difference between data security and a screaming headline. Here are a few short tips on how to help protect your databases and applications.
– On Dec. 6, a researcher posted proof
that he had compromised NASA Websites via a SQL injection. Fortunately
for NASA, his motive appears to only have been to illustrate weaknesses in its sites.
Other entities, however, have not been so lucky. There were of course the
breaches of Heartland
Paym…
Since announcing its plans to fold its modeling technology, up to now known by the code name Oslo, into its SQL Server platform, Microsoft has been taking flak from developers complaining of a letdown by the software giant regarding the future of its modeling strategy. In response, Microsoft defends its plans and says the modeling strategy is intact.
– Since announcing its plans to fold its modeling technology, up to now known
by the code name Oslo,
into its SQL Server platform, Microsoft has been taking flak from
developers complaining of a letdown by the software giant regarding the future
of its modeling strategy.
Indeed, developers commen…
