Microsoft made the latest community technology preview for SQL Server 2008 R2 available to the general public today.
– Microsoft announced the availability of the November SQL Server 2008 R2 community technology preview today.
The CTP can be downloaded here. Microsoft officials said the CTP is feature-complete. The new
capabilities in the latest CTP include support for Windows Server 2008
R2 – including Hyper-V…
Microsoft has found a home for its Oslo modeling technology – in the SQL Server database family.
– Microsoft has found a home for its quot;Oslo quot; modeling technology – in the SQL Server database family.
The project codenamed quot;Oslo, quot; is Microsoft’s ambitious data modeling initiative that consists of three parts: a modeling language known as quot;M, quot; a modeling tool known as …
At the PASS conference, Microsoft announces two new premium editions of SQL Server 2008 R2. The upcoming editions are SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse.
– Microsoft announced Nov. 3 that it has two new premium editions of SQL
Server 2008 R2 in store for users and remains on track to release a
community technology preview for the database in November.
At the PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) Community Summit, in
Seattle, Ted Kummert, M…
According to a recent Evans Data study, Microsoft SQL Server is the most used database in the emerging markets of China, India, Eastern Europe and Latin America. However, the open-source MySQL database is right behind it.
– According to a recent Evans Data study, Microsoft SQL Server is the most used database in the emerging markets of China, India, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
The survey of more than 400 developers also showed that the open source database MySQL is closing the lead that SQL has in emerging mark…
Xkoto releases a new version of its GridScale software for IBM DB2 and Microsoft SQL Server with new clustering technology. The company’s technology is also available on Amazon EC2, a move that could help organizations overcome barriers to running in the cloud, officials say.
– Database
virtualization vendor Xkoto has its eye on enhancing cloud computing and
cluster management for Microsoft SQL Server and IBM
DB2.
The
company released GridScale 5.1, the latest version of its software, Sept. 29 with
a new cluster management system to improve the performance of transa…
Oracle’s raising of prices on three database components by as much as 40 percent prompts Microsoft to advertise its SQL Server 2008 and options as remaining at the same price point. One analyst suggests that Oracle’s price bump may be a play to appeal to procurement managers, who can earn bonuses and salary perks based on bringing in steeper discounts on infrastructure products.
– Oracle
recently increased the costs of a few database products, leading Microsoft
to address the issue in a corporate blog post affirming the value of SQL Server
2008.
However, Oracle’s move may be a play to appeal to procurement managers, in
order to build a greater degree of customer loyal…
Microsoft releases pricing details for SQL Azure Database and announces plans for a CTP later in 2009. The announcement comes alongside the news that Microsoft will make its Azure public cloud platform available for free until its Professional Developers Conference in November.
– Microsoft officials provided a sneak peak at the road map and
pricing information for SQL Azure Database at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference July 14 as they talked
up their overall plans for the Windows Azure platform.
Microsoft SQL Azure and
SQL Azure Database formerly known as SQ…
