Microsoft SQL Server Solutions & Technologies

Obtain the Knowledge You Need

Enable your people to do their jobs effectively by giving them insight into data. Take advantage of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, a comprehensive platform for business intelligence (BI) that includes enhanced reporting, deeper and more powerful analysis, rich data modeling, master data management capabilities, and full integration with Microsoft Office. Give more people the information they need, when they need it, across your organization.

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• Analysis Services
• Big Data Solution
• Data Mining
• Integration Services
• Managed self-service Business Intelligence
• Master Data Services
• Reporting Services

Microsoft Information Platform - Cloud Ready

Microsoft provides comprehensive information platform solutions that can address your Private and Public cloud needs. Some of the key benefits you can gain through cloud computing include consolidation of resources through resource pooling; elasticity to scale resources dynamically; and self-service management. Learn how to gain these benefits for your existing datacenter(s) by selecting the Private Cloud link below. If you are looking to gain these benefits as a service from Microsoft datacenters, select the Public Cloud link below.

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• Private Cloud
• Public Cloud

New Appliances from HP and Microsoft

HP and Microsoft have delivered three new appliances to help IT managers deliver successful customer solutions in record time, with simplified support and highly tuned performance.

The HP Enterprise Data Warehouse Appliance, optimized for SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse edition, to drive data warehouses of hundreds of terabytes.

The HP Business Decision Appliance, optimized for SQL Server 2008 R2 and SharePoint 2010, that deliver self-service business intelligence capabilities in hours, instead of months.

The HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance, optimized for SQL Server 2008 R2 helps reduce the time and cost of implementing a data warehouse through deployment of an optimized, pre-configured solution.

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• HP Enterprise Data Warehouse Appliance
• HP Business Decision Appliance
• HP Business Data Warehouse Appliance

Bring It All Together

Make the most of your data by using SQL Server 2008 R2 alongside other Microsoft technologies and tools.

Use a complete and integrated platform from Microsoft to get more value out of existing IT skills and assets, increase the productivity and agility of IT departments, and quickly build flexible, innovative applications.

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• Microsoft Application Platform
• Better together with Windows Server
• SQL Server with Microsoft Office & Microsoft SharePoint Server
• Hosting solutions

Gain Reliable Performance for Your Biggest Tasks

Deliver the highest support for your most vital applications and services.

Enjoy a greater return-on-investment for high-performance hardware, with support for maximum memory limits and up to 256 logical processors.

Ensure uptime with high-availability technologies and greater virtualization support.

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• Complex event processing (StreamInsight)
• Enterprise data warehouse
• Performance and scalability
• High availability
• Security and compliance

Unleash the Data; Unlock the Power

Enable developers to turn ideas into impactful, data-driven solutions. Unlock the power of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Use SQL Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 for faster, easier application development. Gain more options to unlock and expose data. Help people make better-informed decisions.

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• Programmability
• Rich development capabilities
• Application development
• Solutions for the web
• Connectivity

Gain a Complete Data-Warehousing Solution

Trust SQL Server 2008 R2 to meet your most demanding data-warehousing requirements. Take advantage of reference configurations, support for industry-standard hardware, support for analysis of near-real-time data, and well-integrated business intelligence and extract, transform, and load tools to deliver actionable business insights across the organization, affordably.

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• Parallel Data Warehouse
• Fast Track Data Warehouse
• Master Data Services
• Integration Services
• Analysis Services

Gain the Upper Hand

Manage databases more efficiently and effectively. Provide your people with built-in tools for greater control and oversight. Manage at scale, automate tasks, and streamline troubleshooting.

Manage instances, database applications, services, and resource utilization from a single console by using SQL Server Management Studio.

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• Database administration
• Application and multi-server management
• Compression
• Application Deployment

Rely on Solutions from Leading Vendors

Benefit from top hardware and software vendors that Microsoft has teamed up with to provide complete, compatible solutions for SQL Server 2008 R2 users.

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• HP partnership
• SQL Server for SAP