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SQL Server 2000 for Oracle Database Professionals

SQL Server 2000 provides organizations with a scalable, reliable, and affordable relational database and analysis solution. Oracle developers and IT professionals can learn more about the benefits of using SQL Server by reviewing the following resources.

SQL Server 2000 for the Oracle Customer
Learn how you can apply your Oracle skills and experience to the fastest-growing enterprise database in the industry. Quickly develop and deploy powerful business intelligence solutions by using SQL Server 2000 with the data in your existing Oracle database.

Migrate to SQL Server

Ease your migration from Oracle to SQL Server with the new SQL Server Migration Assistant, which can help organizations of any size address complex data challenges at a lower total cost of ownership.

Oracle Real Application Clusters and Industry Trends in Cluster Parallelism and Availability

Read this white paper from James Hamilton, SQL Server architect, to understand the problems that Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) is designed to solve, and learn about alternative technologies and trends that often increase application availability and scalability in a more effective way.

Practical SQL Server for the Experienced Oracle DBA

This three-day, hands-on workshop is designed to provide a quick start for Oracle database administrators who want to leverage their skills, knowledge, and experience to manage a SQL Server database. Visit the Scalability Experts site for more information about this workshop.

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Study Shows SQL Server Costs $3.2 Million Less than Oracle

Get the best performance for your large database environments while maintaining low total cost of ownership. The Walklett Group finds that a Unisys and SQL Server solution saves $3.2 million over five years compared to a similar SUN and Oracle solution.

•	Price Comparison Compare pricing for Oracle and IBM with SQL Server pricing quickly and easily. Download our Oracle Price Comparison calculator or our IBM Price Comparison calculator and see how much you'll save with SQL Server.

•	Companies Switching to SQL Server Read about companies that recognized the rich capabilities of SQL Server and made the switch, getting to market faster at significantly reduced operational costs.

•	Evaluation Review our broad array of product information about SQL Server 2000, including an in-depth look at new features, case studies, and more.

•	SQL Server 2000 Sets New World Record Find out how SQL Server 2000 surpassed its previous number one result for the SAP Sales and Distribution benchmark.

•	World's Fastest Database on Windows SQL Server 2000 can handle 709,220 transactions per minute on the TPC-C benchmark, further establishing that SQL Server is world's fastest database on Windows.

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The Reality Behind Oracle 10g Real Application Clusters Marketing Messages

Separate the real features from the Oracle marketing messages, and find out whether Oracle 10g RAC can meet your expectations regarding scalability, availability, and total cost of ownership. This paper also provides an overview of Oracle 10g technology, key features, strengths, and weaknesses.

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Oracle Database 10g: A Preliminary Report on Oracle's Latest Release

This report by Progressive Strategies examines five product functions and value propositions that Oracle has been heavily promoting in its marketing campaign for Oracle Database 10g and describes how SQL Server continues to be a more compelling relational database management system (RDBMS) solution.

•	SQL Server Tops the OLAP Industry Find a summary of how SQL Server has outpaced Oracle and IBM as a preferred online analytical processing (OLAP) platform for business intelligence solutions.

•	Microsoft \| SAP Customer Information Center Find out why SQL Server has one of the fastest growing deployments by large companies that run Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and e-commerce applications.

•	Analysis Services for the Oracle Customer Get a complete set of tools for business intelligence applications with SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services, and find out why customers and industry analysts are impressed with its capabilities while the rest of the industry follows in its footsteps.

•	Migrating Oracle Databases to SQL Server 2000 Read this white paper to learn the tools, processes, and techniques required to successfully convert Oracle applications or databases to SQL Server 2000.

•	Compare Data Warehousing Strategies Read this white paper by Green Hill Analysis to learn about differences between Microsoft's data warehousing offerings and those from Hyperion Solutions, IBM, and Oracle.

•	Oracle 10g and SQL Server 2000: Myth and Reality Learn the reality behind some of the most common myths about Oracle 10g and SQL Server 2000.

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