Just a few months after launching SQL Server 2012, Microsoft is starting to peel back the covers on what's coming in the next version of its database. And while the Softies aren't sharing a due date, ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work ...

Everybody wants their databases to retrieve and store information faster, and with SQL Server 2014, which is released to manufacturing today, Microsoft is tweaking its columnar data store as well as ...

Microsoft made a series of database announcements at the Ignite conference, including the general availability of SQL Server ...

Knowing exactly what in-memory OLTP tables are used for will help you make the most of one of SQL Server's newest features. While in-memory online transaction processing (OLTP) tables may sound like a ...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If you want to speed up your application, don't look at your code, look at your data access. The two slowest things you can do in application development are ...

Yesterday, Microsoft's Dave Campbell, a Technical Fellow on the SQL Server team, posted to the SQL Server team blog on the subject of in-memory database technology. Mary Jo Foley, our "All About ...

In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL Server relational database management system. The next version of SQL Server will ...

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