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Announcing the SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP
At the PASS Summit 2009 last week, Ted Kummert announced the soon-to-be-delivered November SQL Server 2008 R2 Community Technology Preview. -
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Receives Common Criteria Certification
We’d like to announce the Common Criteria (CC) certification of SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (32 & 64 bit). -
Microsoft Colleagues Win ACM Award
Technorati Tags: ACM,David DeWitt,Gamma Parallel Database Congratulations to David DeWitt, Bob Gerber, and their colleagues at University of Wisconsin, including Jeff Naughton, our partner at UW in the Gray Systems Lab, for receiving the prestigious 2008 ACM Software System Award for their work on the Gamma Parallel Database System. -
SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse announced at TDWI Conference
Today, February 23, 2009 Microsoft announced SQL Server® Fast Track Data Warehouse, a new set of Reference Architectures for SQL Server 2008 that enables customers to accelerate their Data Warehouse deployments and reduce cost. -
Unisys Corporation sets TPC-H benchmark with SQL Server 2008
Unisys Corporation and their latest enterprise server, the ES7000 Model 7600R, set a new record for price/performance in the Transaction Processing Council’s (TPC) TPC-H benchmark test running on Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008. -
Microsoft named a leader Enterprise Data Warehousing marketing
Forrester Research has named Microsoft a leader in The Forrester Wave report: Enterprise Data Warehousing Platforms, Q1 2009 (February 2009). -
Free hosted SQL Server 2008 offer from Dell, MaximumASP and PASS
Dell, MaximumASP and the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) have partnered together to offer a free SQL Server 2008 account on a securely hosted environment. -
SQL Server 2005 SP2 Receives Common Criteria Certification at the Highest Level of Assurance
Today, Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2005 SP2 has received its Common Criteria certification. -
New TPC-E benchmarks rank SQL Server 2008 #1 Value Leader
New benchmarks released by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) ranks SQL Server 2008 #1 for price/performance, offering customers the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) for an enterprise-class database. -
Microsoft announces close of DATAllegro acquisition and reveals product integration roadmap
Last week, Microsoft closed the acquisition of DATAllegro, a provider of large-volume, high-performance data warehouse appliances. -
SQL Server to manage 100’s of Terabytes effortlessly with DATAllegro acquisition
Big, big news for SQL Server customers. Microsoft announced intentions to acquire DATAllegro Inc.
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