SQL Server to get real-time boost
ENT News | at | by Mike
The next release of Microsoft's SQL Server database, code-named "Kilimanjaro," will offer master data management and support real-time data feeds for business intelligence, reporting and analytics, the company revealed today.
Microsoft will release by year's end a community technology preview of Kilimanjaro, which it officially re-christened SQL Server 2008 R2, according to company officials at this week's Tech-Ed conference in Los Angeles.
The addition of MDM (which is often described as providing "a single version of the truth") and complex event processing for providing real-time data feeds are in keeping with Microsoft's stated goal to make BI more pervasive.