The two companies deliver on their $250 million, three-year pact to jointly develop integrated datacenter solutions.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - March 01, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced a new set of reference architectures designed for partners building Fast Track data warehouse products.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - February 15, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    One year after announcing a $250 million, three-year pact to deliver next-generation data center technology, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft today unveiled five appliances that offer Exchange and SQL Server in turnkey configurations.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - January 19, 2011
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Improvements coming to Web-based data viewing, high availability and query performance.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Release on HP hardware marks integration of technology from DATAllegro acquisition into the flagship Microsoft database technology family.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - December 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft published details this month about how it used its own Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) edition of SQL Server 2008 R2 to improve the performance of its company-wide security monitoring system. 
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - November 16, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The parallel data warehouse edition of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 R2 solution will soon see the light of day.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - November 09, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today released Service Pack 2 for SQL Server 2008.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 29, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Oracle has hired former HP CEO Mark Hurd as co-president.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - September 07, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Systems integrator Tallan has acquired twentysix New York, expanding the scope of Microsoft-focused services it provides to enterprise customers.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - September 02, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft offers new SQL Server migration tools for MySQL and updated tools for Access, Oracle and Sybase.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - September 01, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today updated some of its free tools to help users move to Microsoft SQL Server and released a new Oracle MySQL migration tool.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 12, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week released the next version of a free tool that provides upgrade advice for those using the company's flagship software products.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 15, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Monday announced two new "previews" to come for its Windows Small Business Server product suite.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 14, 2010
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Addressing one of the key objectives of cloud computing, Microsoft today said its Windows Azure platform will be available as an appliance that can run on customer and partner premises.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - July 12, 2010