Improvements coming to Web-based data viewing, high availability and query performance.
- 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
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
Microsoft is offering a kit designed to streamline the evaluation process for orgs considering its new software products.
- By Herb Torrens
- May 05, 2010
Microsoft released versions of SQL Server 2008 R2 products to IT professionals on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 04, 2010
Microsoft: SQL Server 2008 R2 will be generally available this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 01, 2010
Microsoft today announced that SQL Server 2008 R2 has achieved release-to-manufacturing status and will be released in May worldwide.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 21, 2010
Organizations are moving more toward using x86-based servers running Windows to handle their business-critical workloads.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 14, 2010
Microsoft on Friday announced that it had released the final Parallel Data Warehouse version of SQL Server 2008 R2 to testers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 05, 2010
Microsoft plans to end the support it provides on three of its flagship software products for Intel's Itanium processor.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 05, 2010
Even though the product will actually hit the market sometime in May, Microsoft will kick off a "launch tour" of SQL Server 2008 R2 on April 21, 2010.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 02, 2010
Microsoft on Friday announced when it will release new service packs for two of its SQL Server products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 16, 2010
A former Microsoft employee apparently disclosed RTM dates for future Microsoft products, including "Office 2012," "Windows Server 2012" and "Windows 8."
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 27, 2010
The European Commission today cleared Oracle's $7.4 billion agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems, paving the way for the two companies to close the deal.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 21, 2010