The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals Oracle and IBM. "Our challenge, now (that) we have ...

Microsoft capped off a week of high-profile announcements related to SQL Server with an aggressive migration offer aimed at Oracle database customers. Here's the bottom line, from Microsoft's ...

SQL Server supports quicker deployment across enterprise tools through integration services and hybrid system support.Oracle Database is structur ...

Recently, VMware delivered a unique technology event as a component of an even more unique program. What made this event so unusual was the particular group of technologists attending and the approach ...

Database replication is a valuable tool that allows companies availability and scalability with their data. To help support customers in this area, Dell is releasing version 8.6 of SharePlex, its ...

A few days ago, Microsoft shocked us when it announced that it would soon bring its SQL Server database to Linux. It’ll take until 2017 before SQL Server will be available on Linux, though. Until then ...

Microsoft is offering free licenses for its database software to current Oracle customers in its latest effort to wrestle market share from its competitor. Companies considering switching can apply to ...

The news that Oracle will buy Sun for $7.4 billion is a stunner — and one that will be especially hard to figure out for the Microsoft world. One of the first questions that arises is what will become ...

Microsoft is starting to turn the crank on its SQL Server 2016 launch machine by going after Oracle database users with a migration offer. On March 10, the day the company is holding a two-hour ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

Microsoft is offering free licenses for its database software to current Oracle customers in its latest effort to wrestle market share from its competitor. Companies considering switching can apply to ...