Databases


IBM Acquisition Aimed at Microsoft?

As the competition for information management and control platforms heats up, IBM announced late this week that it will acquire content management vendor FileNet in a deal valued at $1.6 billion in cash.

Back to Basics Quiz

Are you the master of your Windows domain?

Microsoft To Update Hosting Solution

Microsoft will ship early next month an update to its Web hosting package that takes advantage of recently released products and technologies.

Microsoft Acquires Winternals, Sysinternals

Microsoft announced this week it has acquired Winternals Software LP, a well-known vendor of enterprise systems recovery and data protection solutions for Windows, along with the company's associated freeware site Sysinternals.

Tour de SQL Finale, Part IV: Replication

Our final sprint to the finish line stretches over replication: its limitations, high availability and the many improvements since the last version.

Microsoft Repurposes WinFS for Future Products

Microsoft quietly announced Friday that its long-promised next-generation universal file system is either dead or just emerging from its pupa to take wing as a butterfly.

Hoarding Logs

Archive your security logs in one place with this command-line tool.

Squall Line

Microsoft produced a cloudburst of product releases in 2006. Now a second shower is approaching. What's the forecast?

Tour de SQL Part III: Performance Tuning

SQL Server 2005 gives you new tools to help your database performance stay ahead of the pack.

Plug Those Portable Holes

DeviceWall helps you control those portable storage devices on your network.

Tour de SQL Part II: Administrative Features

Every year, the Tour de France is won or lost in the mountains. In this stage of our tour of SQL Server 2005, we look at the critical administrative features that make or break the new database.

SQL Server 2005 Is the One to Beat

Super-fast performance, robust toolset and better security options make Microsoft's latest database management system a must for most shops.

On-Time Delivery for SQL Server 2005 SP1 

Microsoft on Wednesday announced it is shipping Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005, on schedule.

.NET Exam for Enterprise Developers Now Available

Microsoft Learning Group also plans to launch multi-language versions of SQL Server exams in April.

SQL Server 2005: SP1 Already?

Microsoft readies new versions and SP1 of SQL Server 2005, five patches for Patch Tuesday and Verizon pays customers for its draconian spam filter.

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