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- June 11, 2018
11 Jun'18
Proposed Microsoft-GitHub buy confirms open source role in cloud
The looming Microsoft-GitHub pairing confirms the company's rebirth as an open source friend. Data tools on the Azure cloud are part of the motivation.
- May 16, 2018
16 May'18
Azure Cosmos DB features, pricing morph with new provisioning model
The ability to provision Azure Cosmos DB throughput at the database level could come with pricing sticker shock for some users of Microsoft's multimodel database.
- March 21, 2018
21 Mar'18
ObjectRocket launches Azure MongoDB service
Count ObjectRocket among those pursuing Azure MongoDB deployments. This open source NoSQL database continues to find traction on the web and in the cloud.
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- January 17, 2018
17 Jan'18
Meltdown and Spectre fixes eyed for SQL Server performance issues
Microsoft has responded to the Spectre and Meltdown chip vulnerabilities with patches and other fixes. But IT teams need to sort out SQL Server performance issues they may create.
- November 21, 2017
21 Nov'17
Microsoft Azure cloud database activity takes off at Connect();
Microsoft Connect(); 2017 saw the addition of MariaDB and Cassandra to the Azure cloud database lineup. Also discussed: A set of Spark-based analytics services called Azure Databricks.
- November 09, 2017
09 Nov'17
Microsoft boosts SQL Server machine learning services
Python and R are among the tools in the SQL Server machine learning toolkit. Native T-SQL scoring is also on the agenda, as uncovered at PASS Summit 2017.
- November 06, 2017
06 Nov'17
Power BI updates drive Microsoft's latest hybrid cloud efforts
At PASS Summit 2017, Microsoft Azure's strides were measured in steps. These include Power BI updates that bring cloud reporting services down to earth.
- September 26, 2017
26 Sep'17
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 for Linux hits GA, IT pros encouraged
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 becomes available in October. In addition to a version that runs on Linux, new features include support for Python-based analytics.
- July 27, 2017
27 Jul'17
SQL Server for Linux gets closer -- Windows database adds HA traits
SQL Server for Linux has gained added features on its way to general availability as part of the almost-ready SQL Server 2017. Meanwhile, its Windows-based brother is upping its high availability quotient.
- July 12, 2017
12 Jul'17
Azure SQL Data Warehouse turns up the heat, expands processing power
Spirited competition is under way among cloud providers as they enhance large-scale relational data warehouses in the cloud. An Azure SQL Data Warehouse update by Microsoft is the latest example.
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- May 18, 2017
18 May'17
Azure Cosmos multimodel database delivers features familiar and new
There are bits of DocumentDB at the foundation of Microsoft's Azure Cosmos DB, a multimodel database that supports multiple modes of data processing.
- April 21, 2017
21 Apr'17
SQL Server 2017 makes Python a first-class citizen for analytics
Python is no longer a database outsider at Microsoft. The programming language is riding alongside R for analytics uses as SQL Server 2017 moves to its second preview release.
- March 22, 2017
22 Mar'17
Redgate tools help bring database DevOps to Visual Studio 2017
So far, data has been left out of the DevOps discussion. But DevOps for databases could grow if tools like Redgate's bundle embedded in Visual Studio 2017 carry through on their promises.
- November 18, 2016
18 Nov'16
Microsoft previews SQL Server on Linux, opens features across editions
Microsoft looks to broaden the horizons of SQL Server, as it moves some Enterprise features to Standard Edition and issues the first public preview of a release supporting SQL Server on Linux.
- November 14, 2016
14 Nov'16
Cask framework aims to speed Azure HDInsight data pipeline builds
A link between Cask Data's CDAP application and integration environment and Azure HDInsight, Microsoft's Hadoop cloud service, is meant to cut development time on big data applications.