Friday, November 23, 2012
Windows Server 2012 available on AWS Users can try it out as a micro-instance for a full year, Amazon says
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Oracle lures SQL Server users with MySQL tool New migration tool is intended to take away Microsoft's customers. But is moving really worth the trouble?
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Canadian companies use analytics for risky business Scotiabank and Aviva Canada are using SAS analytics software to predict risk on lending portfolios and insurance coverage
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Microsoft finalizes SQL Server 2012 New version to be released April 1 has been bolstered with solid-state and columnar functionality
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Microsoft adds Hadoop support to SQL Server, data warehouse The software giant responds to the "Big Data" movement by adding support for the open source Hadoop framework for large-scale data processing to its SQL Server database and Parallel Data Warehouse platform. Connectors will be available soon
Thursday, December 23, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: July 2010 Apple deals with iPhone 4 reception flaw with free case, Dell buys Scalent, EMC buys GreenPlum, OpenSolaris governing board threatens to quit. What went down in July 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Ontario Lottery turns to BI to fight fraud After years of slowly plowing through data, the agency is using business intelligence to make sure lottery winners are playing fair 
Friday, July 23, 2010
Sea, sun and SQL Database pros combine training and vacation on the SQL cruise. Why it's not as decadent as it sounds
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Windows Phone 7 gets open source database A U.K.-based mobile software developer has ported an embedded database product to Microsoft's Windows Mobile 7 operating system. Perst is currently the only open source database management system available for WP7
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 set for May release The new edition of Microsoft’s flagship database, currently in a technology preview, features more functionality but a higher price tag. Support for SQL Server 2008 will end on Apr. 13
Monday, May 11, 2009
TechEd: Exchange 2010 faster, more scalable than Exchange 2007 Microsoft's upcoming Exchange 2010 will be able to read and write 70 per cent faster than the company's current E-mail software
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Microsoft to boost SQL scale after DATAllegro buy Following the acquisition of DATAllegro, Microsoft has said it will begin extending SQL Server to support hundreds of terabytes of data
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
SolarWinds improves application monitor The software company's Orion Network Performance Manager monitors network devices, but that doesn't tell everything. It's latest plug-in adds the ability to monitor application servers and applications themselves
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Analyst, Forrester Research A Forrester analyst says Microsoft will have to sell customers on the idea of ditching the Ingres database. How the DATAllegro technology will enhance SQL Server
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Microsoft to buy data-warehouse appliance vendor The Redmond, Wash.-based software mogul will acquire DATAllegro to strengthen its SQL Server database platform