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Thought Leadership February 7, 2012 3 min read

The Pragmatic Works Foundation: From Student to Teacher

Several years ago, I worked for a company where I felt my potential wasn’t being tapped into.

Thought Leadership February 2, 2012 3 min read

Guest Blog Post: How to Jumpstart Your Career as a DBA by Thomas LaRock

You are a SQL Server DBA, and I know what you are going through.

Thought Leadership January 26, 2012 2 min read

The Co-operative Group saves millions by switching from Oracle to SQL Server

We talk a lot about the features and technical “how to” behind SQL Server, but our favorite topic is showing real-world examples of how it helps our customers achieve their goals and save millions of dollars.

Thought Leadership January 20, 2012 3 min read

Customers using SQL Server 2012 today!

In my last post in November on Mission Critical customer implementations of SQL Server, I mentioned that we would include some details on customers already using SQL Server 2012.

Thought Leadership November 10, 2011 2 min read

Mission Critical Applications running on SQL Server

In choosing a platform for running Mission Critical applications, IT Managers, Architects and CIOs need to ensure that the platform is trustworthy and can provide the reliability, availability, security, and performance needed to meet the service level agreements that these type of applications demand.

Thought Leadership November 1, 2011 10 min read

My Top 5 SQL Server 2012 Features by Aaron Bertrand, Guest Blogger

Guest Blogger: Aaron BertrandAaron is a senior consultant for SQL Sentry, providers of the free Plan Explorer, as well as performance monitoring and event management software for SQL Server.

Events October 27, 2011 3 min read

Follow up to the SQL Server Fireside Chats after the 24 Hours of PASS Sessions

The SQL Server Team held Fireside Chats at the end of the 24 Hours of PASS on September 7-8, 2011 to give attendees the opportunity to ask questions directly to members of the SQL Server engineering team.

Events October 17, 2011 3 min read

Recap from PASS Summit 2011

We had a great week at PASS Summit 2011, a SQL Server and BI user conference.

Events October 13, 2011 3 min read

Microsoft’s Big Data Roadmap & Approach

A few months ago, we announced our commitment to Apache Hadoop™ providing details on interoperability between SQL Server and Hadoop.

Thought Leadership July 1, 2011 1 min read

Salt Lake City drives economic growth, reduces carbon footprint after adopting SQL Server 2008 R2

Today, we are pleased to share that Salt Lake City has adopted an online solution powered by Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 to automate, expedite, and simplify the permit process for developers, architects, and engineers.

Thought Leadership June 3, 2011 2 min read

Fourth Largest US Stock Exchange, Direct Edge, Looks to SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse for Big Data Needs

We’re pleased to share that Direct Edge, the United States’ fourth largest stock exchange, has chosen SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) to help manage the increasing volume of data acquired daily through its trading platforms.

Thought Leadership May 19, 2011 1 min read

Got Servers? Cisco does! Oh by the way they’ll rock your SQL Server 2008 R2 configuration, too

Hey, what’s this? Cisco makes servers? Yes, it is true.

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