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Thought Leadership June 14, 2012 1 min read

The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Creating Fast Time to Solution Technologies

In the 10th episode of the Behind the Scenes series, it’s time to talk about reducing complexity and accelerating time to solution with turn-key appliances and cloud offerings.

Thought Leadership June 21, 2012 1 min read

The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Creating Optimized Productivity

The 11th episode of The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes Blog Series is here, and we are excited to be discussing optimized IT and developer productivity across server and cloud with a common toolset.

Thought Leadership June 28, 2012 1 min read

The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Creating “Rapid Data Exploration & Visualization”

We have reached the final week of the Fantastic 12 of 2012 contest.

Thought Leadership July 5, 2012 1 min read

The Fantastic 12 of 2012: Behind the Scenes of Creating “Extend Any Data, Anywhere”

The Fantastic 12 of 2012 contest is over, but we have one last episode for you! In this last chapter, we interview Sudhesh Suresh, Senior Program Manager on the SQL Team.

Events July 6, 2012 4 min read

Join the SQL Server Team at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2012

For those planning to attend the Microsoft World Partner Conference in Toronto next week, this provides an overview of the key SQL Server-related keynotes and sessions at this important event.

Updates July 11, 2012 1 min read

Microsoft and Dell Release Mid-Market Data Warehouse Appliance

The world of data is changing with businesses facing an explosion in information volumes and the need to mine different data sources and data types.

Thought Leadership July 19, 2012 3 min read

SQL Server 2012 Delivers Unparalleled Performance for Telecommunication Companies

The team here at Microsoft designed SQL Server 2012 to be chock-full of technologies that deliver a major leap forward in performance and include a suite of tools that help make performance more consistent and predictable.

Updates September 20, 2012 1 min read

SQL Server 2012 SP1 CTP4 Now Available

In late July, we released SQL Server 2012 SP1 CTP3, the first public Community Technology Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1, which contained compatibility features for SQL Server 2012 to support self-service BI capabilities in Office and SharePoint 2013 Preview.

Thought Leadership September 26, 2012 3 min read

Financial Services Companies Rely on SQL Server 2012 to Deliver the New Standard in Mission Critical Platforms

In spite of the old adage about “keeping a banker’s hours,” the reality of today’s digital world demands that financial services institutions are available 24/7.

Updates October 17, 2012 1 min read

Accelerating Data Warehouse Deployments on SQL Server 2012

In order to address the data warehouse needs of mid-market customers, we have been working in close collaboration with Dell to develop “turnkey” data warehouse appliances.

Events November 6, 2012 2 min read

Countdown to PASS Summit Series: Meet the Superheroes of SQL Server at the ‘I Made That’ Chalk Talks

PASS Summit 2012 has arrived in Seattle and our #SQLFamily reunion is under way! In this final post of our Countdown to PASS Summit Series, we invite you to meet and greet the developers who worked on SQL Server 2012, for a personal, behind-the-scenes look at SQL Server 2012 in the making! * * * […]

Events November 7, 2012 2 min read

PASS Summit 2012: Accelerating Business through Data Insights

Hot on the heels of our big data announcements at the O’Reilly Strata + Hadoop World conference last month, my colleague, Ted Kummert, will take the stage at the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) Summit 2012 today in Seattle and make a number of announcements that further Microsoft’s vision for the modern data platform.

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