Sql Server News & Articles

First Oracle, now Microsoft is joining the NoSQL party. At this week’s SQL PASS Summit in Seattle, Microsoft’s VP of Business Platform Development announced the company was developing its own implementation of Hadoop for Windows Server and Azure. Microsoft also revealed a strategic partnership with Yahoo spinoff Hortonworks. Have we just entered the Twilight zone?

Microsoft released a community preview of its next version of SQL Server, codenamed 'Denali' and its partners have wasted no time announcing their support for it.

While open source adoption is on the rise among businesses, a big percentage of companies are nevertheless widely using commercially-licensed software like Microsoft SQL Server. Recognizing the opportunity to reach out to this market, MODx (news, site) has launched version 2.1 of its MODx Revolution Web CMS with support for the Microsoft stack.

Social networking is often considered an important source of business intelligence, both for the conversations and for the connections among like-minded individuals and organizations. Panorama Software's (news, site) recently launched Necto is a socially-enabled BI solution that lets business users track relevant conversations and discussions in social networks, and will get users connected with other individuals looking for similar data insights.

You will remember our 5 tips for planning your SharePoint 2010 migration. We are back with 5 more tips to help you when the planning is done and it's time for implementation.

Historically, Microsoft (news, site) has shown active hostility to open source, referring to it as a cancer among other things. These days, however, the company has been dipping its toes in open source CMS waters to rather mixed reactions.

Some have said that the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 (news, site) isn't really a big deal. Others disagree. If you are interested in its business intelligence capabilities and SharePoint integration, then you will fall into the first category. Let's have a look at what's new in the R2 release.

Code named "Madison", Microsoft's new data warehousing solution for SQL Server 2008 R2 (news, site) is now available as a CTP.

We've been focused on learning about the upcoming versions of SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010. But Microsoft also has another product just out as a CTP (community technology preview) -- SQL Server 2008 R2.

Originally codenamed SQL Server Kilimanjaro, SQL Server 2008 R2 has a number of new features and functionality that will focus on business intelligence and reporting.

SQL Data Services (SDS) has been on the radar since MIX08, when it was first announced as an online data storage and query processing service that could be accessed using the standard internet protocols. It has come a long way since then. At MIX09, Microsoft demonstrated some of the newest capabilities of SDS -- specifically its new relational database capabilities.

That's right, Microsoft will offer a relational database in the Azure cloud.

Microsoft, in an effort to gain market share amongst young companies, has announced an ambitious program that would allow certain startups to utilize their server software for free. BizSpark is the name of the new project that will, as Microsoft hopes, encourage start-ups to employ Windows-powered servers in their product offering.

To be eligible for the BizSpark program, a private company must be in business for no more than three years, have less than $1 million in annual revenue and must be referred by one of Microsoft’s partners.

An integral part of Amazon’s cloud computing services is showing a sign of maturity, while adding a much anticipated element. The Elastic Compute Cloud (aka EC2), which facilitates a Linux server environment as a service for Web developers, has come out of beta.

Additionally, as previously rumored, Amazon.com has added an on-demand Windows Server environment to accompany the already existing OpenSolaris and Solaris Express Community Edition offerings.

Microsoft Gold that is. Yes Bitrix Systems, provider of the Web Content Management System Bitrix Site Manager, has been made Gold Certified Partner with competencies in ISV/Software Solutions. They have clearly demonstrated their capabilities in portal and content management technology by receiving Microsoft’s highest certification, but what will you get out of it?

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.

.NET developer Kentico has announced details of the new version of it’s Web CMS product which hits the shelves in mid-March. Dedicated as ever to the Microsoft stack, the Czech company’s new offering assures support for Windows Server 2008 and the soon to be released SQL Server 2008.

In addition, Kentico 3.1 will also support Visual Studio 2008 and IIS 7.0. Compatibility with Server 2000/2003 and SQL Server 2000/2005 is preserved in the new release.