Feb. 112011One Year In, and the Use Cases for Microsoft's SQL Azur... The 451 Group assesses that "SQL Azure is a clear indication thatMicrosoft is prepared to listen to and respond to the demands of customers inproviding a fully managed relational, scalab... Feb. 102011The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Data Warehousing Platfor... Microsoft has launched cost-effective EDW appliances for midmarket andlarge enterprises. With an increased focus on massively parallel EDW scale-out,Microsoft positions its EDW offerings... Click to downloadJan. 272011Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms Gart... Gartner positions Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2011 MagicQuadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms.Jun. 302009Forrester Wave: Enterprise Database Management Systems,... This Forrester Wave assesses more than a dozen firms based primarily ontheir enterprise open source and closed source database management systems.Forrester named Microsoft a ‘leader’ in ... Click to download
Sep. 272011Kimberly-Clark Cuts TCO by 30% and Boosts Sales by 8%The company deployed a mission-critical BI solution on the Microsoft platform that consolidates disparate data and provides one set of BI tools, simplifying IT and cut its TCO by 30%. Sep. 142011Lottery Agency Saves Millions with BI SolutionOLG created a solution based on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and HP hardware using guidance and best practices available in Microsoft SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse.Aug. 232011Retailer Enhances BI and Speeds Performance Upgrading to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise helped Edcon create an enterprise-grade solution for its BI while gaining increased performance and data compression.Aug. 232011Visa Deploys Highly Secure Payments Service on Microsof... Visa wanted a new payments service for small online purchases. The company worked with the Microsoft Services Solutions Development Centre in Sydney to develop and deploy payclick by Visa. Jun. 102011London Transport Manages 2.3 Million Website Hits a Day... TfL worked with Microsoft Services to create a real-time data feed for its TrackerNet website for trains in just six weeks using Windows Azure. Jun. 092011Trading Firm Standardizes on Private Cloud IT System Mitsui deployed Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V virtualization technology, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 6.0 to consolidate its IT infrastructure within a private cloud... Mar. 092011Pharmaceutical Firm Bolsters Mission-Critical SAP Platf... The new solution, based on 64-bit versions of Microsoft SQL Server and Windows Server, provides much higher computing performance, with response times improved by 80% or more.Jan. 112011Car Rental Company Migrates Rate Engine to New DatabaseInstead of spending U.S.$700,000 to upgrade the Oracle platform, it migrated the Rate Engine to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise data management software, saving the company $135,000 in annual ... Sep. 082010Volvo Group Increases Project Visibility and Control Volvo IT is using Project Server 2010 to improve capacity planning to build its long-term strengths, reducing the time spent entering project data by 40%.
Feb. 092012IDC Whitepaper: SQL Server 2012: Potential Game Changer... The launch of SQL Server 2012 has revealed a major new release with many feature enhancements as well as a new software licensing and pricing approach. With SQL Server 2012, Microsoft is offering a ne... Click to downloadFeb. 072012SQL Server 2012 DatasheetSQL Server 2012 is a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization and quickly build solutions to extend data across on-premises an... Click to downloadAug. 082011SQL Server 2012 RC0 Product GuideThe SQL Server 2012 RC0 Product Guide contains the latest datasheets, white papers, click-through and auto-running demonstrations, hands-on lab previews, technical presentations, and other useful link... May 162011Optimizing SQL Server for Private CloudMicrosoft offers a comprehensive solution for optimizing your databases for Private Cloud. Optimizing SQL server for Private Cloud solution will help ensure that your computer, network and storage res... Click to downloadJan. 052011SQL Server Delivers Industry Leading SecurityMicrosoft’s ongoing Trustworthy Computing Initiative has resulted intangible gains in the security and overall reliability and performance of itsproducts – most notably two of its core p... Click to download
