SQL Server News

• Week of 19 Nov 2012 Excerpt: Planning a Microsoft SQL Server install (19 Nov 2012)

  For many DBAs, a SQL Server installation can be tough. Read this excerpt from Dusan Petkovic's book on Microsoft SQL Server 2012.

• Week of 05 Nov 2012 Effective 'big data' strategy helps advertising firm attract clients (SearchDataManagement.com | 07 Nov 2012)

  Online advertising company adMarketplace uses a mix of NoSQL and SQL databases in a "big data" environment that feeds its search syndication system.

• Week of 15 Oct 2012 SAP unveils new HANA in-memory database platform for Amazon cloud (SearchSAP.com | 17 Oct 2012)

  SAP's Vishal Sikka yesterday announced a new program designed to let companies test and run HANA applications in the Amazon cloud.

• Week of 08 Oct 2012 Zornes connects the dots between big data and master data management (SearchDataManagement.com | 12 Oct 2012)

  Consultant Aaron Zornes believes that MDM and big data were made for one another.

• IBM takes on Oracle, SAP with new integrated data management systems (SearchDataManagement.com | 08 Oct 2012)

  IBM is introducing three new PureSystems high-performance appliances optimized for transactional and analytics uses involving large amounts of data.

• IT pros reveal benefits, drawbacks of data virtualization software (SearchDataManagement.com | 11 Oct 2012)

  Attendees at Composite Software's Data Virtualization Day conference had plenty of advice for companies considering a data virtualization project.

• Week of 03 Sep 2012 New Gartner Magic Quadrant finds demand rising for data quality tools (SearchDataManagement.com | 06 Sep 2012)

  Organizations are using data quality tools to support a growing range of use cases, according to a new Gartner Magic Quadrant report.

• Week of 09 Jul 2012 SharePoint performance sinks, swims with SQL Server throughput (SearchContentManagement.com | 11 Jul 2012)

  To help ensure that SharePoint performance doesn’t get bogged down, organizations need to build and maintain a scalable back-end database system that can eliminate SQL Server disk I/O issues.

• Week of 02 Jul 2012 Zornes: MDM software vendors struggling with data governance (SearchDataManagement.com | 03 Jul 2012)

  Master data management vendors and practitioners face some difficulties in linking MDM and data governance initiatives, consultant Aaron Zornes says.

• Week of 18 Jun 2012 Decision makers plan to spend big on 'big data' projects (SearchDataManagement.com | 18 Jun 2012)

  Two surveys found that many companies are moving to become more data-driven and that "big data" initiatives are among the items on their to-do lists.

• Embrace 'big data' now or fall behind the competition, analyst warns (SearchDataManagement.com | 22 Jun 2012)

  Wikibon.org analyst Jeff Kelly has a dire message for organizations that think they can ignore "big data": Your rivals might leave you in the dust.

• Week of 11 Jun 2012 TechEd 101: Scoring some ice cream (11 Jun 2012)

  Knowing your way around the monstrous Microsoft show isn’t always easy, but three show veterans give their take on what works.

• Information Builders, SQL Server breathe new life into BI platform (SearchBusinessAnalytics.com | 11 Jun 2012)

  The commercial shipping industry's news and data provider spent the last three years overhauling its BI platform and data processing system.

• Week of 04 Jun 2012 Ahead of TechEd, Microsoft speaks on SQL Server 2012, Amazon RDS (06 Jun 2012)

  Mark Kromer gives tips on what he thinks will be the best sessions at Microsoft TechEd 2012, and also comments on SQL Server in the cloud and a recent Amazon announcement.

• Week of 28 May 2012 AppDynamics picks ScaleBase for database sharding over Clusterix (SearchDataManagement.com | 29 May 2012)

  Find out why application performance management company AppDynamics chose ScaleBase over the “Rolls Royce” of sharding technologies.

• Week of 14 May 2012 SQL Server Insider: Tips for the SQL Server Pro (18 May 2012)

  In this edition of SQL Server Insider, we delve into a secret Microsoft project to merge SQL and NoSQL databases. Also, we highlight business intelligence features within SQL Server 2012.

• People, process issues offer path to improve data quality on the cheap (SearchDataManagement.com | 16 May 2012)

  Educating end users and upgrading internal processes can help enterprises fix data quality problems without dropping a ton of cash, analysts say.

• Week of 07 May 2012 Bank of America IT exec: EIM drivers key to shaping project plans (SearchDataManagement.com | 11 May 2012)

  Enterprise information management programs should be molded around clear business objectives, says a senior information architect at Bank of America.

• Week of 30 Apr 2012 Datachick gives 'big data' a verbal beat down at Enterprise Data World (SearchDataManagement.com | 02 May 2012)

  "Big data" technologies took a verbal shellacking from consultant and well-known Twitterer Karen Lopez in an Enterprise Data World conference session.

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