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License Manager 3.0 also introduces the ability to centrally manage entitlements for Microsoft server products that use either CALs (Client Access Licenses), such as SQL Server, Exchange and Terminal Services or per processor licensing. This includes the ability to create and manage CALs based on per device or per user.

More at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/FrontRange-Solutions-Eases-Software-License/story.aspx?guid=%7BDDFCB053-43C9-4824-A17A-D23103A9D22B%7D

Zoho CloudSQL makes it easier for customers to access their data in the cloud because it leverages skills that most business application developers have. In addition, Zoho CloudSQL supports all major SQL dialects, including ANSI, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Informix database dialects. With Zoho CloudSQL, developers don't need to worry about using the "right" SQL dialect; they can continue using what they already know.

More at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Zoho-Makes-Cloud-Data-Accessible/story.aspx?guid=%7B95B8C8FC-377E-43A7-85D1-EC5E3439AF2F%7D

Mainstream database management system (DBMS) technology faces a challenge from new approaches that reject the relational model. The battleground is set to be the market for business intelligence based on very large databases.

Some main players in DBMS software are already jockeying for position with revamped database products aimed at recapturing ground lost to newer products. Recently Microsoft unveiled Kilimanjaro, the next massively scalable version of its SQL Server with a strong BI flavor, while database market number-one Oracle joined forces with Hewlett-Packard to launch its Exadata storage grid.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/14/large_databases/

“With Microsoft Single View Platform, government customers can now deploy a fully integrated solution for geospatial analysis and visualization that snaps in to their Microsoft-based information technology environments,” explained Mark Alexander, President of ISC. “Organizations that are using or plan to deploy Microsoft’s products and technologies including Virtual Earth, Windows Server®, Microsoft Dynamics® CRM, SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint® Portal Server will find that they can now create, visualize and analyze spatial data within those familiar environments.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081202/mapdotnet-enables-geospatial-data-visualization-for-microsoft-single-view-platform.htm

Quest Software has launched a new online resource, SQLServerPedia, which the company stated is chock-full of free information and education for SQL Server professionals, by SQL Server professionals, including a blog and community-run wiki.

More at http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2052437/

Aras, leading Microsoft enterprise open source software solution provider, today announced that the Aras Innovator solution suite for Product Life Cycle Management [PLM] is enabled on Microsoft SQL Server 2008, earning the company Front Runner status from Microsoft Corp. Aras, the most advanced enterprise PLM solution available, in combination with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 helps enable customers to innovate and collaborate more effectively to develop new products faster. SQL Server 2008 provides the trusted, productive and intelligent Data Platform for the Aras business-critical applications.

More at http://www.pr.com/press-release/118941

Amazon and Microsoft, two of the leaders in the evolving cloud-services space, are offering customers a number of wares that — at least on the surface — sound similar. But in the area of caching, the paths of the two providers are diverging.

More at http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1738

The Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) today announced its new board members at the PASS Community Summit 2008. Douglas McDowell, managing partner for Solid Quality Mentors and Andy Warren, president of Fourdeuce will be joining the PASS Board of Directors-at-Large while Lynda Rab continues her Board service for a new term. Newly elected board members will begin serving their term on January 1, 2009.

More at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/New-Board-Members-Elected-Professional/story.aspx?guid=%7B58504466-F786-4CB4-B415-A442820CAE8C%7D

Redlands, California - ArcGIS users now have access to SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008, combined with ESRI's powerful geodata management capabilities, will provide users with the tools they need to seamlessly consume, use, and extend location-based analysis for enterprise-scale computing and Web collaboration. The support is the result of a close, multiyear working relationship between ESRI and Microsoft Corp. in the development of the spatial extensions to SQL Server 2008.

More at http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2008/nov/20/news3.html

SQL Server users gather at the PASS Community Summit 2008 in Seattle this week to learn more about SQL Server 2008’s solutions to real-world data management challenges.

More at http://7thspace.com/headlines/298197/sql_server_2008_turbocharging_the_database.html

 

At a conference for users of its SQL Server database on Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. officials demonstrated an upcoming tool that will puportedly enable database administrators to manage hundreds of database servers at a time.

The "application and multi-server management" feature will also enable DBAs to set policies and deploy applications to their entire "SQL Server Fabric," rather than one at a time, Microsoft said.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9120878&intsrc=news_ts_head

 

Database administrators and developers converged on Seattle for this week's annual Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) conference, where Microsoft is talking up its recently released SQL Server 2008 and the forthcoming upgrade, code-named "Kilimanjaro." You can read all about that here.

 

Precise today announced support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 in addition to its standard support for the Microsoft SQL Server platform. Working closely with Microsoft, Precise provides SQL Server customers enterprise class Transaction Performance Management (TPM).

More at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Precise-Provide-Transaction-Performance-Management/story.aspx?guid=%7BBB0C2A1E-A5E9-49C0-A5C1-E51A3784C0CA%7D

Microsoft today previewed the ability to centrally manage applications and resources in the planned upgrade of SQL Server, code-named "Kilimanjaro."

 

The company introduced the centralized app and system management capability at the annual Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Conference, being held this week in Seattle. Though PASS is an independent user association, Microsoft typically has a strong presence at its annual conferences because of the large number of SQL Server customers and partners that attend.

More at http://rcpmag.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=10402

At the 2008 PASS Community Summit, Idera, a leading provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft Windows, today announced a new version of its market-leading SQL Server performance monitoring product -- SQL diagnostic manager(TM) 5.6.

more at http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Idera-Announces-New-Version-Leading/story.aspx?guid=%7B3202567E-9AA0-4DC1-96B0-893E8BFC859F%7D