What’s New for Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2014
In SQL Server 2012, we introduced the memory optimized columnstore index.
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Product updates, including new feature releases
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In-Memory OLTP Q & A: Myths and Realities
Since SQL Server In-Memory OLTP (formerly known as project code-named “Hekaton”) was unveiled at PASS last November, there has been a lot of conversation and buzz about it. -
A Closer Look at the Premium Offer for Windows Azure SQL Database
As part of the main keynote yesterday at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston, Texas, Satya Nadella, Server and Tools President, discussed partner and customer innovations around modern business applications built with the Windows Azure platform. -
Introducing Power BI for Office 365
Today we are pleased to announce a new offering that builds on our cloud-first data platform — Power BI for Office 365. -
Getting Started with SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP
SQL Server 2014 introduces memory-optimized database technology for optimizing the performance of OLTP workloads. -
SQL Server 2014 – Public CTP Now Available
At TechEd North America we announced Microsoft SQL Server 2014 as part of a wave of updates to our key enterprise products. -
SQL Server 2014: Unlocking Real-Time Insights
Today at TechEd North America we announced a wave of products and services that will help customers embrace the “enterprise cloud era. -
Self-Service BI with the Microsoft Data Explorer Preview for Excel 2013: 5 Reasons to Get Started Right Away
Using a variety of data sources has been a daunting task for mere mortals. -
Now Available: HDP for Windows from Hortonworks
Today Hortonworks announced the general availability of Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) for Windows, the industry’s first 100 percent Open Source Apache Hadoop-based distribution for Windows. -
Microsoft Invites You to Join the Cloud Conversation!
The 3rd Annual Future of Cloud Computing Survey has just been launched by North Bridge and GigaOM Research. -
Microsoft’s Database Research Lab Conceives PolyBase to Easily Join Relational Data With Data From Hadoop
Complementing Microsoft’s overall Big Data strategy, PolyBase is a breakthrough new technology on the data processing engine in SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance designed as the simplest way to combine non-relational data and traditional relational data in your analysis. -
Seamless insights on structured and unstructured data with SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse
In the fast evolving new world of Big Data, you are being asked to answer a new set of questions that require immediate responses on data that has changed in volume, variety, complexity and velocity.
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