Microsoft takes the world's fastest Entertprise class relational database system (test show it to be faster than Oracle) and improves it further with the launch of SQL Server 2008.
If you are using SQL Server 2005 or earlier here are some reasons why you should consider upgrading. Also see the visual enhancements lower down this page. We can assist with this upgrade when you are ready.
- Transparent Data Encryption
- External Key Management
- Data Auditing
- Pluggable CPU
- Transparent Failover for Database Mirroring
- Declarative Management Framework
- Server Group Management
 |
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 delivers the Microsoft Data Platform vision by helping your organisation manage any data, anywhere and at any time. It enables you to store data from structured, semi-structured and unstructured documents such as images, music, documents directly within the database. SQL Server 2008 delivers a rich set of integrated services that enable you to do more with your data such as query, search, synchronise, report and analyse. Your data can be stored and accessed in your largest servers within the Data Centre, all the way down to desktops and mobile devices, enabling you to have control over your data no matter where it is stored.
|
- Streamlined Installation
- Enterprise System Management
- Performance Data Collection
- System Analysis
- Data Compression
- Query Optimization Modes
- Resource Governor
- Entity Data Model
- LINQ
- Visual Entity Designer
- Entity Aware Adapters
- SQL Server Change Tracking
- Synchronized Programming Model
- Visual Studio Support
- SQL Server Conflict Detection
- FILESTREAM data type
- Integrated Full Text Search
- Sparse Columns
- Large User Defined Types
- Date/Time Data Type
- LOCATION data type
- SPATIAL data type
- Virtual Earth Integration
- Partitioned Table Parallelism
- Query Optimizations
- Persistent Lookups
- Change Data Capture
- Backup Compression
- MERGE SQL Statement
- Data Profiling
- Star Join
- Enterprise Reporting Engine
- Internet Report Deployment
- Block Computations
- Scale out Analysis
- BI Platform Management
- Export to Word and Excel
- Author reports in Word and Excel
- Report Builder Enhancements
- TABLIX
- Rich Formatted Data
- Personalized Perspectives
… and many more
Richer data visualisation
Enriched Visualizations - Gauge
Apply data to maps
