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When accelerating data growth meets a scalable solution, you're ready for anything.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a next-generation data management and analysis solution. This solution can help organisations deliver increased value to their business. It does this by helping to decrease the amount of effort required to maintain reliable data systems, helping to increase the speed of software development, and enabling the ability to fully leverage information assets. Five years of development effort enables SQL Server 2005 to support some of the most demanding systems in the world.
SQL Server 2005 gives you:
| • | Scalability - Enhancements such as partitioning, snapshot isolation, and 64-bit support can enable you to build and deploy your most demanding applications. |
| • | Interoperability - Through deep support for industry standards, Web services and the Microsoft .NET Framework, SQL Server 2005 can support interoperability with multiple platforms, applications and devices. |
| • | Availability - Investments in high-availability technologies, additional backup and restore capabilities, and replication enhancements will enable you to build and deploy highly reliable applications. |
| • | Security - Enhancements such as “secure by default” settings and an enhanced security model will help you provide a high level of security for your enterprise data. |
| • | Productivity - Accelerate application development and automating routine processes with a scalable data management platform and integrated tools that help reduce IT costs and enable you to focus on meeting strategic business needs. |
| • | Manageability - A new management tool suite, expanded self-tuning capabilities, and a powerful new programming model can increase the productivity of database administrators. |
Software Assurance is an offering available with Microsoft Volume Licensing programs that helps you get the most from your software by providing greater value, assistance and manageability. With Software Assurance, you can access training and deployment resources and support directly from Microsoft. Software Assurance also allows your organisation to acquire the right to use tomorrow's technology at today's prices, and allows you to spread payments annually instead of paying one lump sum at the outset. Organisations with Software Assurance coverage are eligible to use new versions of the covered software that are made available during their term of coverage.
Greater business insight - transform data into decisions with SQL Server 2005 business intelligence
The upcoming release of SQL Server 2005 provides many new and enhanced business intelligence features designed to give you a competitive advantage:
| • | Integrate multiple data sources with SQL Server 2005 Integration Services. |
| • | Enrich the data and build complex business analytics with SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. |
| • | Author, manage, and deliver rich reports with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services. For more information click here (US Link) |
SQL Server 2005 provides scalable business intelligence putting critical, timely information in the hands of employees across the organisation. From the CEO to the information worker, employees will be able to quickly access and easily harness data to make better decisions faster.
| • | Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (US Link) |
| • | SQL Server 2005 Product Overview (US Link) |
| • | Tips and Hints (US Link) |
| • | Security (US Link) |
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Ready to Upgrade?
Gain enhanced business intelligence enterprise-wide when you upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Click here to find out more
Ready to Migrate?
| • | Customer Evidence (US Link) - Read Case Studies and Testimonials from real-life clients. |
| • | Comparing SQL Server 2005 and IBM DB2 v8.2 for Microsoft .NET Framework Developers (US Link) - |
| • | SQL Server - Interoperability and Migration (US Link) - Learn more about migrating from other database products to SQL Server, and how SQL Server can work with data stored in other data sources. Find out how SQL Server 2005 features, such as SQL Server Integration Services, Replication, and distributed queries, let you work with other data sources. |
Offers
| • | SQL Server 2005 Masters Degree at Charles Sturt University, click here for more information. |
Training and Events
| • | Get trained on Microsoft SQL Server (US Link) - find out about upcoming events, or learn about available online seminars. |
| • | Get Ready for SQL Server 2005 (US Link) - Whether you are interested in database administration, database development, or business intelligence, you will find classroom training, books, complimentary skills assessments, and - for a limited time - the complimentary e-learning can help you get up to speed on the newest features of the software. The online assessments help you analyse your current skills, and provide you with a learning plan that recommends books, e-learning, classroom training, TechNet and MSDN resources. The e-learning courses, valued at $99 each, are an effective way to learn on your own schedule and feature hands-on virtual labs that provide an in-depth, online training experience. |
| • | Skills Assessment for SQL Server 2005 (US Link) |
Technical Overview
Product Demo
| • | View Product Demos including an Overview, Security Features and High-availability Capabilities. Click here (US Link) |
Product Features and Benefits
| • | Overview of Benefits (US Link) |
| • | Pricing Announcement External Webcast - 24 February 2005(US Link) |
How to Buy
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is now READY and will be broadly available through all channels on 1 December 2005, click here