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 ...

Rich ANSI SQL capabilities with sophisticated query optimization Active-active multi-data center transaction synchronization and failover True distributed multi-table, multi-node transaction ...

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 ...

04/14/2008 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 ...