Microsoft unveils data warehouse SQL Server solutions
MCP Magazine | at | by Mike
Microsoft and its hardware partners on Monday rolled out preconfigured data warehouse reference architectures that incorporate Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The new offerings are part of a "SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse" program and feature hardware server products from Bull, Dell and HP.
The solutions promise scalability for enterprise data warehousing applications. The best hardware-software solutions can scale up to 32 terabytes, according to an announcement issued by Microsoft.
Microsoft has made considerable progress in the data warehouse market in competition with IBM and Oracle, according to James Kobielus, senior analyst at Forrester Research and author of "Forrester Wave for Enterprise Data Warehousing Platforms."