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  • Microsoft readies embedded database

    Microsoft is set to release an embedded database for small devices, taking its first step in a plan to bring updates to its flagship SQL Server database every two to three years.

  • Microsoft updates SQL Server database

    Microsoft has released an update to its SQL Server 2005 that adds a handful of new features to the database software.

  • Global police database for fingerprints, airline data?

    Global police organisation Interpol wants the names of all airline passengers and the fingerprints of criminals to be stores on a database, which would be shared amongst its membership of 186 countries.

  • Study: Database sales bouncing back

    The market for database server software, seen as a barometer of overall software market health, grew slightly last year fueled in part by sales of Linux.

  • SQL Server races against competition

    The 64-bit version of Microsoft's database will cost the same as the 32-bit version and perform better--part of the company's bid to undercut Oracle and IBM.

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  • Microsoft move may spark database price war

    The company outlines plans for SQL Server, including a new lower-cost workgroup version aimed at open source and other competitors.

  • Grant Web servers secure database access

    Allowing Web clients to access a database is a delicate matter that should not be attempted lightly or without careful consideration.

  • Microsoft aims to simplify database management

    The software giant introduces tools to ease database administration for both the current and forthcoming editions of its SQL Server database.

  • Microsoft gets on the grid

    Looking to blunt the success of Linux in high-performance computing, Microsoft is ramping up its commitment to create a "Cluster Compute" version of Windows that better fits data-intensive computing grids.

  • Oracle outwitted in SME war

    The small- to medium-enterprise market has been described as manna from heaven, but a crucial lack of understanding of the SME psyche is creating costly roadblocks.

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