Test Center: Deep dive into SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008, aka "Katmai," gives SQL Server shops plenty of reasons to get excited, including Change Data Capture, Lookup Cache, Data Compression, PowerShell integration, and Policy-Based Management. And I could easily keep counting.
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Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud
In this interview, Bob Kelly, Microsoft's corporate vice president of infrastructure server marketing, discusses the adoption rate of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft's plans for cloud-based services, and the recent declaration by Paul Maritz, an ex-Microsoft executive and current president and CEO of VMware, that the traditional server operating system "has all but disappeared."
MS claims more than 450,000 downloads of new SQL server
Software giant Microsoft has announced that more than 450,000 downloads have been recorded, to date, of the newly-launched version of SQL Server 2008.
According to the Microsoft, SQL Server 2008 is only major database that includes comprehensive, integrated functionality for data management as well as advanced business intelligence out of the box.
Microsoft releases SQL Server 2008
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 database to manufacturing, including with the release a new Web edition of the product aimed at its hosting partners, the company said Wednesday.
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