SQL Server 2012 then borrowed this columnar processing technique for its own use. As an example of how the new SQL Server could speed performance, Kelly explained how a retail chain could benefit ...

Our normal practices for backing up SQL servers is to use the regular SQL backup tools to perform full, differential and transaction log backups and this has always worked fine. Recently we ...

MILPITAS, Calif., Dec. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Esgyn Corporation released EsgynDB 2.0, a Big Data database on Apache Hadoop®, to enable enterprises to run operational applications concurrent with ...

Microsoft's soon-to-be-released SQL Server 2008 offers new support for spatial data types that some analysts say should deliver a real boost to geospatial applications and data sharing.

The biggest advantages to having native SQL support for spatial data, Baleja said, will be easier integration with other applications, more security and possibly better performance. "Going through SQL ...