Access data in the cloud with REST.
- By Roger Jennings
- 06/01/2008
Oracle completes BEA Systems acquisition, putting pressure on Microsoft’s .NET middleware and SOA strategies.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 06/01/2008
New Service Packs for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 bring data-access technology to .NET Framework.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/01/2008
Microsoft's announcement that it will release SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 (SP3) this summer raises the question: What's the status of SQL Server 2008?
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/22/2008
As reported last week, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), a group that advises the British government on education technology issues, referred a complaint to the European Commission about the impact of Microsoft's interoperability issues in education.
Microsoft warned developers on Thursday that if they're getting an error when installing the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 beta released Monday, they need to uninstall the hotfix KB944899 that came with the earlier version of the release.
Concerns over SQL Server 2008’s third-quarter release date stoked by SQL Server 2005 SP3 release.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/15/2008
SQL injection attacks stir up concerns over weaknesses in databases and
coding practices.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 05/15/2008
On Tuesday, Redmond rolled out four patches for the month of May as expected, with three deemed "Critical" and one "Moderate."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/13/2008
Organizations still aren't doing enough to protect their data from Web application vulnerabilities, according to a study released Tuesday by security firm Cenzic.
On Monday Microsoft released the Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 beta bits for public download.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/12/2008
Redmond hopes to challenge SAS Institute and SPSS for data mining and predictive analytic bragging rights.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 05/07/2008
Borland Software Corp. today said it has agreed to sell its CodeGear unit for $23 million to Embarcadero Technologies.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/07/2008
Just two days after walking away from its $49.6 billion bid for Yahoo, the Times Online U.K. is reporting that Microsoft is meeting with Time Warner executives regarding a possible bid for America Online -- the very company Yahoo turned to in a possible attempt to stave off the takeover bid from Redmond.
Anyone interested in working for Microsoft on the next and future editions of SQL Server might want to check out this blog post from Lead Program Manager Debra Dove.