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02/06/2012Gartner Research

Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms

Gartner has positioned Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2012 Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms.

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02/06/2012Gartner Research

Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems

Gartner has positioned Microsoft in the Leaders Quadrant in the 2012 Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, based on its completeness of vision and ability to execute in the data warehouse DBMS market.

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04/01/2011IDC

SQL Server Overtakes IBM DB2 to claim no. 2 spot in RDBMS revenue

In this Vendor Analysis Report Excerpt, leading industry analyst firm, IDC, states that Microsoft overtook IBM in RDBMS license revenue to claim the number 2 spot and that Microsoft was the only one of the top 3 vendors to show positive license revenue growth.

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01/18/2011Press Pass

Organizations Speed Business Results With New Appliances From HP and Microsoft

New solutions for business intelligence, data warehouse, messaging and database consolidation help increase employee productivity and reduce IT complexity.

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07/07/2010NetworkWorld

Is Microsoft's SQL Server really cheaper than Oracle?

Is SQL Server really cheaper than Oracle? That’s a question that the vendors themselves have manipulated back and forth for many years now. However, there’s really no debate because the short answer is, Damn right it is.

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06/14/2010eWeek

SQL Server 2008 R2 Offers Enhancements

With the late April release of its SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has extended its popular database server product with core platform enhancements, new management capabilities and a raft of features focused on enabling self-service business intelligence scenarios.

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06/09/2010InfoWorld

Seven Reasons To Care About SQL Server 2008 R2

With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft begins to fully realize its vision of SQL Server as an information platform and not "just" a database. Hence the main theme for this release -- at least according to Microsoft -- is self-service BI.

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05/10/2010Press Pass

PowerPivot Developer’s Career Is Full of Twists and Turns

One of the most popular features of SQL Server 2008 R2 is PowerPivot, which puts business intelligence in the hands of more business users while maintaining the insight and oversight of IT. Donald Farmer, a leader in PowerPivot’s development, drew on his eclectic background to make it a success.

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05/03/2010ComputerWorld

Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

SQL Server 2008 R2 boasts a number of new services, including PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint, Master Data Services, StreamInsight, ReportBuilder 3.0, Reporting Services Add-in for SharePoint, a Data-tier function in Visual Studio that enables packaging of tiered databases as part of an application, and a SQL Server Utility that manages multiple SQL Servers.-- PowerPivot allows end users to import, manipulate, analyze and export data, as well as create reports, all using the familiar Excel interface and language

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04/10/2010Press Pass

Microsoft Brings Business Intelligence Deep Into the Enterprise

Microsoft’s information platform makes gathering, managing and using business information easier and more cost-effective.

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12/10/2009Windows ITPro

What You Need to Know About SQL Server 2008 R2

SQL Server 2008 R2 builds on the solid foundation of its predecessor and provides access to the underlying improvements of the Windows Server 2008 R2 platform to achieve better-than-ever scalability, reliability, and performance. Here's what you need to know about SQL Server 2008 R2.

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