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  Review: SQL Server 2012 stands tall

  As we've come to expect from new SQL Server releases, SQL Server 2012 has so many new features that it's impossible even to mention them all. Nearly everyone is well served, from the BI-hungry users of Reporting Services to the IT folks who oversee query performance and uptime. SQL Server 2012 brings improvements across the board, with only a few disappointing exceptions.

  By Sean McCown | 25 April, 2012 20:13

  Tags: applications, data management, DBMS, Microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, operating systems, software, sql

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  CouchDB NoSQL database ready for production use

  The first fully production-ready nonrelational, or NoSQL, database, called CouchDB, has been released, the corporate sponsor of the project, Couchio, announced on Wednesday.

  By Joab Jackson | 15 July, 2010 05:06

  Tags: applications, Couchio, databases, NoSQL, open source, software, sql

• Seven reasons to care about SQL Server 2008 R2

  With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft begins to fully realize its vision of SQL Server as an information platform and not "just" a database. Hence the main theme for this release - at least according to Microsoft - is self-service BI. The PowerPivot plug-ins for Excel 2010 and SharePoint 2010 are easily going to make the biggest splash of all the new features, not least because they're the most complete. But then, SQL Server 2008 R2 isn't strictly necessary for PowerPivot for Excel, which works with plenty of other data sources.

  By Sean McCown | 09 June, 2010 20:12

  Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, sql

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  New Groovy cozies up to Java, SQL

  The new version of the Groovy programming language aims to make life easier for programmers who work with Java and SQL, the language's developers note.

  By Joab Jackson | 07 January, 2010 07:45

  Tags: groovy, Java, programming, programming language, software development, SpringSource, sql

• Microsoft preps SQL Server for battle in two enterprise arenas

  Routinely accused of bloating Windows and Office, Microsoft Corp. has acted more like a skinny teenage boy with enterprise apps like SQL Server: desperate to bulk up.

  By Eric Lai | 05 November, 2009 10:04

  Tags: Microsoft, sql

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  Deleted data drives new data breaches

  According to a new report on data breaches from Verizon Business, cyber criminals are no longer attacking where the credit card files are, but where they once were.

  By Robert Vamosi | 15 April, 2009 22:25

  Tags: Credit card fraud, cyber criminals, digital forensics, sql

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  Microsoft warns of SQL attack

  Just days after patching a critical flaw in its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft is now warning users of a serious bug in its SQL Server database software.

  By Robert McMillan | 23 December, 2008 11:57

  Tags: sql

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  Microsoft lays out SQL Server road map

  Microsoft Monday laid out its road map for SQL Server and a complement of add-ons it hopes will eventually redefine business intelligence and data warehousing.

  By John Fontana | 07 October, 2008 10:02

  Tags: sql