Database News & Articles

Amazon Web Services (AWS), a provider of Internet data storage and delivery services, is expanding options for developers and enterprises looking to host their databases on the AWS cloud computing platform.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), a scalable web service solution offered by AWS, is now the first authorized cloud computing platform to run supported Oracle databases.

After months of waiting it has finally arrived on our doorstep. Microsoft was whispering sweet nothings about the next release of SQL Server since late September last year. It has now arrived — and if you are wondering what’s so special about the newest version, well, we’ve got the skinny for you.

In an effort to make amends for the 5 year development cycle that delayed SQL Server 2005, Microsoft will make the next generation of its flagship database product available on schedule and after only 3, er, short years.