SQL Server News

November 2008 - Posts

• Quest Software Unveils New SQL Server Online Resource

  Quest Software has launched a new online resource, SQLServerPedia, which the company stated is chock-full of free information and education for SQL Server professionals, by SQL Server professionals, including a blog and community-run wiki. More at http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2052437/ Posted Nov 27 2008, 10:55 AM by dineshasanka with 1 comment(s)

• Aras Achieves Microsoft “Front Runner” Status for Advanced PLM Solution Suite

  Aras, leading Microsoft enterprise open source software solution provider, today announced that the Aras Innovator solution suite for Product Life Cycle Management [PLM] is enabled on Microsoft SQL Server 2008, earning the company Front Runner status from Microsoft Corp. Aras, the most advanced enterprise PLM solution available, in combination with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 helps enable customers to innovate and collaborate more effectively to develop new products faster. SQL Server 2008 provides the trusted, productive and intelligent Data Platform for the Aras business-critical applications. More at http://www.pr.com/press-release/118941 Posted Nov 27 2008, 10:51 AM by dineshasanka with 1 comment(s)

• Microsoft, Amazon take different paths to cloud caching

  Amazon and Microsoft, two of the leaders in the evolving cloud-services space, are offering customers a number of wares that — at least on the surface — sound similar. But in the area of caching, the paths of the two providers are diverging. More at http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1738 Posted Nov 26 2008, 11:49 AM by dineshasanka with 1 comment(s)

• New Board Members Elected to the Professional Association for SQL Server

  The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) today announced its new board members at the PASS Community Summit 2008. Douglas McDowell, managing partner for Solid Quality Mentors and Andy Warren, president of Fourdeuce will be joining the PASS Board of Directors-at-Large while Lynda Rab continues her Board service for a new term. Newly elected board members will begin serving their term on January 1, 2009. More at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/New-Board-Members-Elected-Professional/story.aspx?guid=%7B58504466-F786-4CB4-B415-A442820CAE8C%7D Posted Nov 24 2008, 02:49 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• ESRI ArcGIS Supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008

  Redlands, California - ArcGIS users now have access to SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008, combined with ESRI's powerful geodata management capabilities, will provide users with the tools they need to seamlessly consume, use, and extend location-based analysis for enterprise-scale computing and Web collaboration. The support is the result of a close, multiyear working relationship between ESRI and Microsoft Corp. in the development of the spatial extensions to SQL Server 2008. More at http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2008/nov/20/news3.html Posted Nov 21 2008, 08:22 AM by dineshasanka with no comments

• SQL Server 2008: Turbocharging the Database

  window.google_render_ad(); SQL Server users gather at the PASS Community Summit 2008 in Seattle this week to learn more about SQL Server 2008’s solutions to real-world data management challenges. More at http://7thspace.com/headlines/298197/sql_server_2008_turbocharging_the_database.html   Posted Nov 21 2008, 08:18 AM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Microsoft to let DBAs manage pools of SQL Server databases

  At a conference for users of its SQL Server database on Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. officials demonstrated an upcoming tool that will puportedly enable database administrators to manage hundreds of database servers at a time. The "application and multi-server management" feature will also enable DBAs to set policies and deploy applications to their entire "SQL Server Fabric," rather than one at a time, Microsoft said. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9120878&intsrc=news_ts_head   Posted Nov 20 2008, 02:14 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• The Query Optimizer: Q&A with Microsoft's David DeWitt

  Database administrators and developers converged on Seattle for this week's annual Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) conference, where Microsoft is talking up its recently released SQL Server 2008 and the forthcoming upgrade, code-named "Kilimanjaro." You can read all about that here.   Posted Nov 20 2008, 02:11 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Precise to Provide Transaction Performance Management for Microsoft SQL Server 2008

  Precise today announced support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 in addition to its standard support for the Microsoft SQL Server platform. Working closely with Microsoft, Precise provides SQL Server customers enterprise class Transaction Performance Management (TPM). More at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Precise-Provide-Transaction-Performance-Management/story.aspx?guid=%7BBB0C2A1E-A5E9-49C0-A5C1-E51A3784C0CA%7D Posted Nov 20 2008, 02:07 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Microsoft Demos New SQL Server Features at PASS

  Microsoft today previewed the ability to centrally manage applications and resources in the planned upgrade of SQL Server, code-named "Kilimanjaro."   The company introduced the centralized app and system management capability at the annual Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Conference, being held this week in Seattle. Though PASS is an independent user association, Microsoft typically has a strong presence at its annual conferences because of the large number of SQL Server customers and partners that attend. More at http://rcpmag.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=10402 Posted Nov 20 2008, 02:05 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Idera Announces New Version of Leading SQL Server Performance Monitor

  At the 2008 PASS Community Summit, Idera, a leading provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft Windows, today announced a new version of its market-leading SQL Server performance monitoring product -- SQL diagnostic manager(TM) 5.6. more at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Idera-Announces-New-Version-Leading/story.aspx?guid=%7B3202567E-9AA0-4DC1-96B0-893E8BFC859F%7D Posted Nov 20 2008, 02:01 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• EMC Helps Customers Meet New Data Protection Requirements, Reduce Cost and Mitigate Risk

  EMC's New Analysis and Reporting, Backup for Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware Virtual Environments and Data De-duplication Capabilities Simplify the Management of Expanding Environments and Control Explosive Data Growth More at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/EMC-Helps-Customers-Meet-New/story.aspx?guid=%7B374CCCE1-AC27-45C1-8B61-F3ADF3894DD4%7D Posted Nov 19 2008, 01:17 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• mehdiward releases Postcode Server Web Edition for e-commerce

  MEHDIWARD, software developers and systems integrators, have released Postcode Server Web Edition (WE) a solution to allow e-commerce and database users to validate UK postal addresses against the Royal Mail PAF file. Postcode Server WE is compatible with SQL Server, MySQL and most SQL and ODBC compatible databases. It can be integrated with most e-commerce, Web and business applications. more at http://www.e-consultancy.com/news-blog/366739/mehdiward-releases-postcode-server-web-edition-for-e--commerce.html Posted Nov 19 2008, 01:15 PM by dineshasanka with no comments

• Data Driver in the Cloud

  Windows Azure may be the overall platform for Microsoft's cloud services, but SQL Data Services (SDS) is the new name for the repository it will be based upon. Dave Campbell, a Microsoft technical fellow, is leading the SDS effort. More at http://reddevnews.com/qandas/article.aspx?editorialsid=133 Posted Nov 19 2008, 08:34 AM by dineshasanka with no comments

• FutureIT Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results

  FutureIT Inc. leading provider of software solutions for the automated and effective management of Microsoft SQL servers, today announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2008. More at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/FutureIT-Announces-Third-Quarter-2008/story.aspx?guid=%7BBA77E4A5-F7C8-4FF8-8DA3-0220D856BF24%7D Posted Nov 14 2008, 11:11 AM by dineshasanka with no comments