SQL Server Team, Author at Microsoft SQL Server Blog

March 28, 2014 2 min read

Unlocking insights from Big Data can be simple with the right tools

Data enthusiasts & Microsoft talk about Big Data in the enterprise at Gigaom Structure Data 2014 Last week in New York, our data solutions experts spent a few days with more than 900 big data practitioners, technologists and executives at Structure Data for a conversation how big data can drive business success.

March 27, 2014 1 min read

Join us on April 15 and Accelerate Your Insights

Mark your calendar now to join us online on April 15 for the Accelerate your insights event, streaming live from San Francisco, California at 10:00 AM PDT.

March 26, 2014 5 min read

Power BI for Office 365: Making It Real

In my recent post, Simplifying Business Intelligence through Power BI for Office 365, I described how the Power BI cloud service has changed the way I personally work.

March 24, 2014 2 min read

Visit Microsoft at the Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics Summit 2014 in Las Vegas

Microsoft will be at the Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics summit being held in Las Vegas from March 30th – April 2nd as a premier sponsor.

March 24, 2014 2 min read

Amway sees 100 percent availability with hybrid data-recovery solution

With the release to manufacturing announcement of SQL Server 2014 you will start to see more customer stories showcasing their use of hybrid features that span the cloud and on-premises.

March 20, 2014 3 min read

“Modernizing” Your Data Warehouse with Microsoft

Data warehousing technology began as a framework to better manage, understand, and capitalize on data generated by the business, and it worked extremely well for many years.

March 18, 2014 5 min read

SQL Server 2014 releases April 1

SQL Server 2014, Microsoft’s cloud first data platform, released to manufacturing today Today, Quentin Clark, corporate vice president of the Data Platform Group, announced that SQL Server 2014, the foundation of Microsoft’s cloud-first data platform, is released to manufacturing and will be generally available on April 1.

March 17, 2014 16 min read

The New and Improved Cardinality Estimator in SQL Server 2014

One area where a lot of development work went into SQL Server 2014 is the area of query optimization where a crucial component got re-written in order to improve query access and predictability.

March 13, 2014 2 min read

Microsoft Brings Innovations From SQL Server To Hadoop With Stinger

Over the last two years, Microsoft has been sharing our progress in Big Data by working to bring Hadoop to the masses through the simplicity and manageability of Windows and Azure.

March 12, 2014 6 min read

Innovation and the Data Platform Continuum

All of us who work in technology-related fields have experienced disruptions that seem to change everything, and figuring out how to manage through the transition can mean the survival or demise of an enterprise.

March 11, 2014 2 min read

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Transform Healthcare Using Big Data Solution to Provide Faster Access to Information

Since the launch of the Windows Azure HDInsight Service we’ve seen many companies using Big Data solutions based on HDInsight to gain benefits from analyzing unstructured data within their organization – a good summary of some of these organizations was recently showcased by CIO Magazine.

March 6, 2014 1 min read

AMD Improves Operational Agility with SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Solution

AMD, a leading designer and integrator of technology that powers millions of intelligent devices, needed better tools for monitoring manufacturing processes and other business operations.

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