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- Microsoft makes it official: SQL Server 'Katmai' due in 2008
- Early reports turned out to be true: Microsoft is planning to release the next version of its SQL Server database, which is codenamed "Katmai," in 2008. Microsoft announced officially its target date on May 9, the opening day of its first Business Intelligence conference in Seattle. More than 2,600...
- Tags: Code names, Corporate strategy, Database, SQL Server
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
- SQL Server 'Katmai' testing to begin in June
- Three cheers for the BabelFish translation system. The only words I recognized in this Austrian TechNet blog post were "Katmai" and "SQL Server." After doing a little on-the-fly Web translation, I learned that Microsoft has begun its internal nominating process for signing up testers via its Technology Adoption...
- Tags: Database, Code names, SQL Server
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- Katmai: More than just the next version of SQL Server
- Microsoft officials have said the next version of SQL Server is code-named "Katmai." (Theyve said relatively little about the product beyond that, but word is there will be an informational update in the next month or two.) But it turns out Katmai isnt just a SQL-Server-specific term. "Katmai" also...
- Tags: Database, SQL Server, Corporate strategy, Management tools, System Center, Code names, System Center Operations Manager, Katmai
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
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- MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: SQL Server 2008 Programming for Application Developers (Level 300)
- The presenter of this webcast answers the questions about best practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (formerly code-named Katmai) as a data platform for the applications.
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Application Developer, Microsoft Corp., Programming, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-01-09
- One more test build to go for SQL Server 2008
- Microsoft will roll out on November 12 some time later in November a third Community Technology Preview CTP test build of SQL Server 2008, the next-to-last CTP before finalizing the product in time for shipment in the second calendar quarter of next year. CTP 3 of SQL...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Microsoft delivers new test build of SQL Server 2008
- On the last day of July, Microsoft made available to testers a new Community Technology Preview CTP build of its SQL Server 2008 database, code-named "Katmai."The July CTP build comes one month after the June CTP. Microsoft is expected to test SQL Server 2008 primarily, if not exclusively, via CTPs,...
- Tags: Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn, Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas), SQL Server, Development tools, Database
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- SQL Server 2008 gets a due date
- Even though Microsoft is launching SQL Server 2008, code-named "Katmai," in February 2008, the SQL Server 2008 code won't be released to manufacturing until Q2 2008.Until its Worldwide Partner Conference this week, Microsoft officials had said to expect SQL Server 2008 to ship some time in 2008, after a number...
- Tags: Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn, Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas), SQL Server, Database
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launch
- Microsoft announced at its partner conference on July 10 that it will launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 together in a single launch on February 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.Microsoft officials have been saying for a few months now that while the company planned to...
- Tags: Database, Development tools, SQL Server, Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas), Windows server, Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- Microsoft's cool naming trend is over
- It was a short but good run: Silverlight, Popfly, Surface. But it's over.At TechEd 2007, Microsoft officials announced the final names of "Katmai," the next version of its SQL Server database, and "Orcas," the forthcoming Visual Studio release.Katmai will be known as "Microsoft SQL Server 2008." And Orcas is "Microsoft...
- Tags: Visual Studio 2008 (Orcas), TechEd 2007, SQL Server, Silverlight (wpf/e), Development tools, Database, Corporate strategy, Code names
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- Putting lipstick on a cancelled PDC pig
- Microsoft announced late on Thursday May 24 that it has cancelled the Professional Developers Conference PDC that was slated for this October.Microsoft said it had decided to "reschedule" the event to some unspecified future date. The notice of the cancellation is on the Microsoft Developer Network MSDN Web site:"As the...
- Tags: .Net Framework, Corporate strategy, Development tools, Silverlight (wpf/e), SQL Server, Vista, Windows client
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Making sense of Microsoft's myriad database projects
- Making sense of Microsoft's myriad database projectsSQL Server Katmai Adopts Orpaned Entity FrameworkLet's hope that adding the Entity Data Platform to SQL Server Katmai doesn't delay the ADO.NET Entity Framework/Entity Data Model/EDM Designer past 2008H1.--rjIt all sounds like a lot of vapourware to me...... all this cr*p about "The cloud"...
- Tags: Databases, Programming languages, .NET, LINQ, SQL, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, developer, MySQL, database, SQL Server Katmai
- Discussion threads 2007-05-10
- Making sense of Microsoft's myriad database projects
- Microsoft has a lot of database pilots and projects in the works, among them Katmai, Astoria, Jasper and Volta. But how do they all fit together? Francois Ajenstat, director of SQL Server, explained to me this week how Microsofts growing number of data-programmability pieces will come together...
- Tags: Code names, Corporate strategy, Database, SQL Server, Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-05-10
- Microsoft makes it official: SQL Server 'Katmai' due in 2008
- Microsoft makes it official: SQL Server 'Katmai' due in 2008Visual Studio Orcas and SQL Server KatmaiI'd like to try SQL Server Katmai out when Microsoft releases as a public beta -- sometime around 4Q 2007. I think it would go well with Visual Studio Orcas.too quick....We have not upgraded any...
- Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, server, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Katmai, Visual Studio Orcas, too-quick, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- Jasper: Dynamic languages meet dynamic database development
- Its code name central at Mix 07 in Las Vegas this week. On May 2 at Microsofts Web 2.0 conference, officials are set to put "Jasper," a k a "Dynamic ADO.Net," through its paces. In a session entitled "Rapidly Building Data Driven Web Pages with Dynamic ADO.Net," Microsoft officials...
- Tags: Visual Studio Orcas, SQL Server, MIX07, Development tools, Database, Code names
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- News to know: Patch fiesta; Boot Camp; Apache calls out Sun; Slow hard disks
- Notable headlines: Clock is ticking on Apples Boot Camp beta.Ryan Naraine: Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Vista dinged again. New Word 2007 flaws, exploits released.Oracle patches to fix 37 flaws.Review: Nokia N95. Gallery left.Mary Jo Foley: Parting shots from parting Microsoftie. Larry Dignan: Microsoft naysayer bandwagon gets crowded.Ryan Stewart: How Adobe can...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Windows Server 'Centro' and 'Cougar' go to testers
- Microsoft has released to testers builds of its next version of Windows Small Business Server (code-named "Cougar") and its first release of Windows Midmarket Server (code-named "Centro"), company officials said on December 19. Microsoft "recently released to a limited set of partners and OEMS a Customer Technology Preview of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Servers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server Longhorn, server, Microsoft Windows, Centro, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server, Cougar
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- Microsoft products, people and strategies that disappeared in 2006
- Quite a few of the e-mails I receive start out with "Whatever happened to ... (insert Microsoft product, person and/or strategy here). In that spirit, here are ten Microsoft-related disappearances about which Im left wondering as 2006 draws to a close. Anyone know the whereabouts of:...
- Tags: SQL Server, System Center, Management tools, Research, SharePoint Server, Office 2007, Office, Corporate strategy, Database, Windows Live, Windows Server Longhorn, Knowledge Network, Dynamic Systems Iniative, Microsoft Corp., Cambridge Technology Partners
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- Can Microsoft's 'Harmonica' create P2P harmony across all devices?
- Ever since Microsoft decided in June 2006 to ax the standalone version of its WinFS uber file system, the company has been noticeably silent about its data synchronization plans. But that doesnt mean the company has given up on its ambitious strategy to synchronize data across...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Java development tools, Peer to peer (P2P), Operating systems, P2P, HARMONICA, WinFS, Microsoft Corp., SyncToy PowerToy
- Blog posts 2006-12-18
- Up Next: On Redmond-watchers' radar screens
- Here are a few Microsoft-related conferences and confabs slated for this fall that might be of interest to Redmond watchers out there. The biggies are TechEd Developers and TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona. But there are some more off-the-beaten-path events to watch, as well. ...
- Tags: TechEd
- Blog posts 2006-09-29
- TechNet Webcast: SQL Server Code Name "Katmai" Data Management Overview (Level 100)
- The attendee of this webcast will gain an overview of Microsoft SQL Server code name "Katmai," the next generation of SQL Server. SQL Server "Katmai" provides an enterprise data platform for the mission-critical applications, while providing a dynamic development environment and comprehensive Business Intelligence BI platform. The presenter discusses the...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Microsoft TechNet, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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