SQL Server in the Industry Press
Top Developer Executives Take the Offense Against Competitor's Claims
InfoWorld: Charles Fitzgerald, Tod Neilsen, and Paul Flessner discuss issues raised by a SQL Server competitor.
(18 December 1999)
 
Final Seven Chosen to Compete for Pioneering Product of 1999
MD/PR Newswire: The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) has selected SQL Server 7.0 as one of seven finalists in its 1999 Pioneering Products competition, which showcases advancements and innovations in data warehousing solutions. The winner of the competition, held November 17, is judged to have the most potential to revolutionize data warehousing practices.
(25 October 1999)
 
Microsoft Climbing E-biz Mountain
ZDNet: Microsoft helps e-commerce vendors improve customer "stickiness" with the use of Integrated Decision Support System technology that transforms the data collected from e-commerce click-through tracking into meaningful and manageable information.
(15 October 1999)
 
PC Week: Microsoft Web Platform "Like a Bolt of Lightning"
PC Week: Following the largest, most thorough evaluation of application servers ever conducted, PC Week Labs concluded that the Microsoft Web platform is "like a bolt of lightning" and "fast enough for any business on earth." The Microsoft Web platform includes Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0, SQL Server 7.0, and Microsoft Visual Studio® 6.0.
(September 1999)
 
ASB Bank dumps Oracle and UNIX for SQL Server and Windows NT
Computerworld: Author Andrea Malcolm describes how New Zealand's ASB Bank, looking to decrease operation and maintenance costs, will recoup thousands of dollars by replacing its Oracle/UNIX data warehouse environment with SQL Server 7.0 and Windows NT.
(14 June 1999)
 
SQL Server 7.0 as an ERP Platform?
Planet IT: Key ERP vendors work with Microsoft to make SQL Server a contender for enterprise apps. Paul Ferrill describes how "With the release of SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft has not only made its flagship DBMS powerful enough to run the largest enterprise applications, but it has also made a bid for a share of the ERP software market."
(4 January 1999)
 
Another Blockbuster?
Sales and Field Force Automation: SQL Server 7.0 has sent analysts and industry watchers scurrying for thesauruses in search of superlatives to describe the new database and its promised capabilities. Meanwhile, at least seven major customer relationship management (CRM) vendors have lined up to back Microsoft's initiative.
(January 1999)
 
SQL Server 7.0 Brings IT Cheer
PC Week: Performance boost makes online bookseller shelve Unix system. Tim Dyck interviews Alan Bourassa, Director of barnesandnoble.com who says that "his company is breaking daily shipping records with the new system and is still only running at between 30 percent and 40 percent system capacity—all while providing 24-by-7 uptime."
(30 November 1998)
 
VARBusiness Exclusive: Q&A with Steve Ballmer
VARBusiness: Microsoft president makes strong pitch for why VARs should embrace SQL Server 7.0 and pass on Oracle 8i. In his interview, Lawrence Aragon, Managing Features Editor finds "comprehensive answers to pointed questions posed by VARBusiness."
(23 November 1998)
 
SQL Server Ousts DB2, But the Contest Continues
VARBusiness: SQL Server 6.5 takes first place in the VarBusiness 1998 Annual Report Card for SQL Databases. Microsoft proved to be a favorite of VARs for "its approach to partnering with value added resellers and for the way that it supports them before and after the sale."
(12 October 1998)
 
The Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Computer Reseller News: Read Warren Hersch's story in Computer Reseller News, how one customer "did an analysis of SQL [Server] 7 against Oracle and Informix databases. SQL [Server] 7's price, performance and integration of the [Inprise Corp.'s Delphi 4] application-development tools blew the other two away."
 


 
Market Bulletins
Oracle "Transaction Showdown" Response
Oracle's "Transaction Showdown" online presentation makes several negative claims about SQL Server, especially its dynamic locking feature. Read Microsoft's response to those claims in this bulletin.
(February 1999)
 


 
SQL Server Insider
Current and Past Editions
Check out the latest and older editions of SQL Server Insider, a monthly column where SQL Server experts discuss database concepts and specifics concerning developers and administrators.
 


 
News from Microsoft
Microsoft Unveils SQL Server 2000, Windows 2000 Integration
Learn how the new features and capabilities of Microsoft Windows® 2000 enhance the performance of SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000.
(13 December 1999)
 
Microsoft Launches Data Warehousing Alliance 2000
Microsoft Data Warehousing Framework 2000, with rich, open platform standards and services, draws top vendors throughout the industry into an alliance for broad delivery of comprehensive and low-cost business intelligence solutions.
(30 November 1999)
 
Microsoft Announces Business Internet Analytics for Smarter, More Efficient, and Profitable Web Businesses
Read about Microsoft's vision for Internet business analysis and data warehousing, which includes tools and processes that can be quickly implemented and that can support some of the largest businesses on the Internet, while providing near real-time results.
(15 November 1999 )
 
E-Stamp Chooses Microsoft Technology for Online Postage Sales
E-Stamp Corporation, the first company to sell postage on the Web, built its e-commerce application with Microsoft technology and the ClearCommerce Merchant Engine. E-Stamp chose Windows NT Server 4.0, Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition, and SQL Server 7.0 for their "reliability and scalability."
(20 October 1999)
 
Windows DNA 2000 Provides Pervasive XML Support For Next-Generation Web Development
Read how Microsoft has expanded its commitment to XML with this series of announcements for far-reaching XML support in Windows using Distributed interNet Architecture (DNA) 2000, the next generation of the Microsoft platform for building distributed Web applications.
(13 September 1999)
 
Microsoft Demonstrates SQL Server for Windows CE to Developers of Mobile and Embedded Solutions
At the Microsoft Windows® CE Developers Conference, Microsoft demonstrated how SQL Server for Windows CE facilitates mobile and embedded application development with its scalable, reliable, and easy-to-use features and design.
(8 June 1999)
 
Getting Results: The Microsoft Business Intelligence Advantage
Learn why the Microsoft Business Intelligence platform is the best choice for building, using, and managing business intelligence solutions. This series of streaming media presentations focuses on solutions made possible by SQL Server OLAP Services, and includes shows on lowering your cost of ownership, building a data warehouse, using OLAP, and getting the most from your data.
 
Microsoft SQL Server Offers 3.7 Times Lower TCO Than Oracle for a Real-World Customer Solution
Aberdeen Group, Inc. conducted an analysis of Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Inc.'s decision-making criteria regarding the use of SQL Server vs. Oracle for an enterprise-wide customer-service solution. In their analysis, Aberdeen found that SQL Server offers a solution whose cost of ownership is 3.7 times lower than that of Oracle.
(8 March 1999)
 
Microsoft Joins Forces with Meta Data Coalition
Microsoft has joined the Meta Data Coalition to facilitate further development of a standard interchange format that will integrate the Microsoft Open Information Model and the Meta Data Interface Standard. Read about this latest step in the Microsoft commitment to expanding current metadata models, thereby reducing costs and increasing interoperability.
(7 December 1998)
 
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Wins Best of Show at COMDEX/Fall '98
SQL Server 7.0 proved itself at COMDEX by taking home PC Week awards for Best of Show and Best Productivity Software. Read how Microsoft won additional recognition, including the Corporate Partners Candor Award.
(19 November 1998)
 
Leading Industry Vendors Support SQL Server 7.0
Take a ride with the momentum behind SQL Server—learn about the broad industry support behind the new release, including hundreds of available business applications.
(16 November 1998)
 
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