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April 22, 2010  1:44 PM

Microsoft plugs away on SQL Azure



Posted by: badarrow
Azure, Barbara Darrow, Business Intelligence, Database, IT channel products and services, Microsoft, SQL Azure, SQL Server 2008 R2, Ted Kummert

Microsoft is chipping away at SQL Azure, trying to bring it to full parity with on-premises with the company's on-premises  SQL Server 2008 R2. "We have the principal of...

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September 3, 2009  1:51 PM

European regulators poop on Oracle’s party



Posted by: badarrow
barbara d, Database, IT channel products and technologies, MySQL, Oracle, Sun Microsystems

As many expected, the European Commission isn't smitten with Oracle's planned buyout of Sun. And the regulars want to take a closer, deeper look at the $7.4 billion deal which already won approval by the much less picky U.S. regulators.

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August 10, 2009  4:45 PM

Microsoft fires up CTP generator with latest SQL Server



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Database, IT channel products and technologies, Microsoft, SQL Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2

The CTP of SQL Server  2008 R2 is now available Community Technical Previews have become an inevitable, incremental step in the Microsoft trudge towards availability.  VARs can download the CTP and check out new support...

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June 18, 2009  4:16 PM

Microsoft pitches SQL Server hard to Oracle accounts



Posted by: badarrow
Application Platform Licensing, Barbara Darrow, BizTalk Server, Database, Oracle, SharePoint, SQL S

 

Microsoft reps are out in the field pushing Oracle database shops...

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