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Thought Leadership June 17, 2008 1 min read

24 Hours of SQL Server 2008

With so much news and information competing for attention, it’s easy to miss great opportunities to learn about SQL Server 2008.

Thought Leadership April 14, 2008 2 min read

Files, BLOBs, NTFS and SQL Server 2008 – Age old database dilemma solved!

One of the most exciting new features in SQL Server 2008 is the ability to store files and BLOBs directly in the file system, while maintaining transactional consistency with a SQL Server 2008 database.

Thought Leadership April 14, 2008 1 min read

Unbreakable?

Oracle recently released their latest Critical Patch Update which fixes vulnerabilities “in hundreds of Oracle products”.

Thought Leadership March 6, 2008 3 min read

entities, Entities, ENTITIES!

It’s getting louder If you’ve been following Microsoft’s efforts around data programmability, you’ll have inevitably heard a thing or two about “entities”.

Thought Leadership February 27, 2008 3 min read

New SQL Server 2008 Case Studies

The momentum for SQL Server 2008 continues. Here are some of the latest case studies published: Russia’s Baltika Breweries Links its ERP Databases using SQL Server 2008 Replication Baltika Breweries, the largest producer of beer in Russia, has about 12,000 employees and 11 breweries.

Thought Leadership January 28, 2008 3 min read

SQL Server 2008 case studies

As we get closer to launch, I wanted to spend a moment to highlight some recently published case studies for SQL Server 2008.

Thought Leadership December 31, 2007 3 min read

Looking Back – Top 10 highlights of 2007

Well, it’s that time of the year when we look back at the past year and compile our top highlights of the year.

Thought Leadership December 18, 2007 2 min read

RML Utilities for SQL Server

The SQL Server support team just released a set of tools (RML Utilities) to help database administrators manage the performance of Microsoft SQL Server.

Thought Leadership November 30, 2007 1 min read

My Favorite SQL Server 2008 Feature

Over the past few months I’ve been giving a number of presentations on SQL Server 2008 and through these sessions I often get asked what my favorite feature in the release is.

Thought Leadership November 15, 2007 1 min read

Microsoft Continues the Evolution of the Data Platform

Ted Kummert, corporate vice president, Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft, discusses the upcoming release of the SQL Server 2008 November CTP and recent announcements from the SQL Server group.

Thought Leadership November 15, 2007 4 min read

Welcome To The Data Platform Insider

This is the first entry into the new Data Platform Insider blog.

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