Just a few months after launching SQL Server 2012, Microsoft is starting to peel back the covers on what's coming in the next version of its database. And while the Softies aren't sharing a due date, ...

Last year, Microsoft officials said the next version of its SQL Server database would include built-in in-memory online transaction processing (OLTP) technology. That was all they'd say at that point ...

Everybody wants their databases to retrieve and store information faster, and with SQL Server 2014, which is released to manufacturing today, Microsoft is tweaking its columnar data store as well as ...

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If you want to speed up your application, don't look at your code, look at your data access. The two slowest things you can do in application development are ...

Knowing exactly what in-memory OLTP tables are used for will help you make the most of one of SQL Server's newest features. While in-memory online transaction processing (OLTP) tables may sound like a ...

More details are emerging about in-memory capabilities in the new SQL Server 2014, announced at the recent TechEd 2013 conference. The first Community Technology Preview is expected to be released ...

Hoping to speed online transaction processing, Microsoft is adding in-memory features to its SQL Server relational database manager. The next version of SQL Server will allow users to host database ...

In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL Server relational database management system. The next version of SQL Server will ...

If you've worked in any data-centric role, you've probably experienced the effects of the proverbial "mandate from on high." Someone in the C-suite decides it's time to hop on the latest shift in the ...