SQL Server News

July 2008 - Posts

• SQL Server Can Soon be Played in allegro tempo

  SQL Server has long been perceived, rightly or wrongly, as a database suitable for data marts rather than large-scale data warehouses. Indeed many large corporations have a hub and spoke architecture with a large central data warehouse using a technology like Teradata, and smaller data marts based on either SQL Server or Oracle. Try as it might, Microsoft has not been able to shift this perception of limited scalability. Until now that is, since it has just purchased DATAllegro, one of the more interesting of the flood of appliance start-ups that appeared in the wake of the success of pioneer appliance vendor Netezza. Read more http://www.it-director.com/technology/data_mgmt/content.php?cid=10647 Posted Jul 31 2008, 10:35 AM by dineshasanka with no comments

• PROPHIX Launches Superior Performance Management Solution with PROPHIX for SQL Server v4.1

  PROPHIX is pleased to release PROPHIX for SQL Server v4.1, the latest and greatest version of their industry-leading corporate performance management (CPM) software solution. Read more here Posted Jul 30 2008, 12:13 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Database Growth Points To Open Source

  Microsoft's SQL Server database continued to outpace its larger rivals Oracle and IBM in the overall database market in 2007, according to this year's annual database server market share reports by IDC and Gartner. But providers of open source database servers, while still a small slice of the market, could have a significant impact over the coming years. Read more here Posted Jul 29 2008, 10:57 AM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Microsoft 'Leapfrogs' Oracle with DATAllegro buy

  Microsoft Corp. said today it will buy data warehouse appliance maker DATAllegro Inc., a move that one analyst said should help the software maker gain a technical edge over market leader Oracle Corp. in the high-performance business intelligence market.   http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9110624&taxonomyId=89&intsrc=kc_top Posted Jul 29 2008, 10:52 AM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Microsoft discontinue support for SQL Server 2000

  As Microsoft discontinue their support services and service packs for SQL Server 2000, businesses are now left with the daunting prospect of having no assistance or support directly from Microsoft when it comes to breaks/fix cases.   http://www.finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17265&Itemid= Posted Jul 24 2008, 04:12 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Database Market Growth

  Its pace of growth exceeded the 12.6% rate of growth for the database market as a whole during 2007 and most of its relational database competitors last year, though Sybase has a much smaller share of the market than Oracle, IBM, or Microsoft. Microsoft's SQL Server was the fastest growing system by revenues in 2007 at a rate of 14% and represents 18.5% of an $18.8 billion market. Sybase holds 3.5% of the market. http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/database_apps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209600129 Posted Jul 24 2008, 12:02 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Online Services Sluggish In Microsoft Q4

  Microsoft raked in a record $60.4 billion in revenue in its fiscal year ended June 30, but its fourth quarter earnings came in just short of what Wall Street analysts were expecting, due in part to weakness in its online services business. Microsoft's fiscal fourth quarter profit rose 42 percent to $4.3 billion and 46 cents a share, while Wall Street analysts had expected earnings of 47 cents per share. During the same quarter last year, Microsoft reported earnings of $3.0 billion and 31 cents per share. http://www.crn.com/software/209100855 Posted Jul 18 2008, 09:49 AM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Microsoft's "Katmai" Is Filled to the Brim

  Katmai, the code name for Microsoft's imminent SQL Server 2008 release, comes from an Alaskan territory know for volcanoes, which may not be the best symbol for a database. So far, however, Katmai hasn't blown up on me. And the lower-profile Katmai seems like a good follow-on to Yukon, the code name for the gigantic SQL Server 2005 release. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148596/microsofts_katmai_is_filled_to_the_brim.html Posted Jul 18 2008, 09:47 AM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Microsoft Buys Israeli Start-up for $25 Million

  Global computer technology giant Microsoft announced on Monday it has signed an agreement to purchase Israeli start-up company Zoomix, which focuses on data quality software. The deal is estimated to be worth $25 million. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3568325,00.html Posted Jul 15 2008, 12:05 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Microsoft Patches Security Flaws in Windows, SQL Server, and Exchange

  Microsoft published four patches for nine security vulnerabilities in Windows and other products yesterday during its monthly Patch Tuesday event. All of the flaws carry the rating of "important," which is a step below "critical" in Microsoft's severity rating system. Nevertheless, newly disclosed flaws in Exchange Server and SQL Server could open the door to potentially harmful attacks from internal and external threats, and as such they should not be taken lightly. http://www.itjungle.com/two/two070908-story02.html Posted Jul 11 2008, 09:56 AM by dineshasanka with no comments