Redmond divulges tidbits of SQL Server 2008 release information at this week's Worldwide Partner Conference.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/10/2008
Plus, parking permit system compromised; inside the SQL Injection attacks; more.
Microsoft rolled out Release Candidate 0 (RC0) of SQL Server 2008, which is available for evaluation by developers and database administrators who want an early look at the relational database management system.
There was a lot of head scratching at this year's MySQL Conference and Expo when Microsoft was singled out for its contributions to open source development.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/02/2008
Microsoft's announcement that it will release SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) this summer raises the question: What's the status of SQL Server 2008?
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/21/2008
Organizations still aren't doing enough to protect their data from Web application vulnerabilities, according to a study released Tuesday by security firm Cenzic.
On Monday Microsoft released the Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 beta bits for public download.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/12/2008
Redmond hopes to challenge SAS Institute and SPSS for data mining and predictive analytic bragging rights.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/07/2008
WSUS' reports sometimes aren't enough -- tap SQL Server Management Studio Express Edition to get what you need.
- By Greg Shields
- 05/05/2008
Anyone interested in working for Microsoft on future editions of SQL Server might want to check out this blog post from Lead Program Manager Debra Dove.
Image-level backup consolidates that server's state into one nice and tidy bundle.
- By Greg Shields
- 04/21/2008
Microsoft announced through two blogs that it plans to release the next service pack to SQL Server 2005, Service Pack 3 (SP3).
sQL Server 2008 offers new support for spatial data types that some analysts say should deliver a real boost to geospatial applications and data sharing.
- By Patrick Marshall
- 04/14/2008
Lattix today is offering the latest version of its large-scale management and rearchitecting solution for service-oriented architectures and complex systems.
The second Alfresco Open Source Barometer survey found a general trend toward the use of mixed open source and proprietary software in the enterprise.
A survey released by Compuware Corporation and the Ponemon Institute shows "an overwhelming majority of organizations surveyed risk compromising critical information by using actual customer data for the development and testing of applications."
- By James E. Powell
- 02/01/2008
Despite public confidence that SQL Server 2008 would ship by the end of June, Microsoft today indicated it probably is more likely to arrive toward the end of the year.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/25/2008
SQL Server replication questions abound. So, let's take a closer look at what it is and how to do it properly.
- By Eric Johnson
- 12/12/2007
You can copy SQL Server logins from one box to another the hard way, or take the easy route by getting an assist from the SP_HELP_REVLOGIN proc.
- By Eric Johnson
- 11/28/2007