On 20 April 2009, Oracle Corporation announced its acquisition of Sun Microsystems in a deal worth about US$ 6 billion. This would have been just another one of corporate mega-deals that sound interesting in the news but really have no effect on your life. Except for the fact that with the purchase, Oracle acquired the [...]
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SQLAuthority News – Effect of Oracle acquiring MySQL – A Delayed Analysis
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SQLAuthority News – Application and Multi-Server Management
Posted in Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, SQL, SQL Add-On, SQL Authority, SQL Documentation, SQL Download, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQL White Papers, SQLAuthority News, T SQL, Technology on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SQL Server 2008 R2 – Application and Multi-Server Management SQL Server Technical Article Title: SQL Server 2008 R2Application and Multi-Server Management Introduction Writers: Geoff Allix Technical Reviewers: Joanne Hodgins, Omri Bahat, Morgan Oslake Published: February 2010 SQL Server 2008 R2 introduces new management tools to help improve IT efficiency and productivity. Investments in application and [...]
SQL SERVER – Plan Caching in SQL Server 2008 by Greg Low
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Plan Caching in SQL Server 2008 SQL Server Technical Article Writer:Greg Low, SolidQ Australia Technical Reviewers From Solid Quality Mentors: Andrew Kelly, Eladio Rincón, Itzik Ben-Gan Technical Reviewers From Microsoft: Adam Prout, Campbell Fraser, Xin Zhang Published: August 2009 There are several goals of this white paper. This paper explains how SQL Server 2005 and [...]
SQL SERVER – Best Practices – Implementation of Database Object Schemas
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SQL Server Best Practices – Implementation of Database Object Schemas SQL Server Technical Article Writer: Michael Redman Technical Reviewers: Sanjay Mishra, Juergen Thomas, Jimmy May, Burzin Patel, Glenn Berry (SQL Server MVP), Prem Mehra, Lindsey Allen, Thomas Kejser, Joseph Sack, Wanda He, Sharon Bjeletich Published: November 2008 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 introduced the concept of [...]
SQL SERVER – Introduction to SQL Azure
Posted in Pinal Dave, SQL, SQL Authority, SQL Azure, SQL Data Storage, SQL Documentation, SQL Query, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, T SQL, Technology, tagged Cloud Computing on August 27, 2009 | 7 Comments »
What is SQL Azure? In short, SQL Azure is simply a Microsoft branding change. SQL Services and SQL Data Services are now known as Microsoft SQL Azure and SQL Azure Database. There are a few changes, but fundamentally Microsoft’s plans to extend SQL server capabilities in cloud as web-based services remain intact. SQL Azure will [...]
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