Organizations that operate Microsoft SQL Server may have to rethink their database virtualization strategy, thanks to the upcoming release of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.

The SQL server license for our 40 core server was $3000. has we got the license through our parent companies (non- education) volume licensing account the SQL server license would be $33,000.

Microsoft's SQL Server is something many developers rely on for business processing tasks even though the product has limitations. DH2i's application virtualization technology is designed reduce ...

Currently, SQL Server 2008 users have unlimited virtualization rights, according to Microsoft's pricing and licensing guide (Word doc download). However, to get "maximum virtualization" rights with ...

EnGenius Technologies, a global leader in networking solutions, today announced its expansion into the data center server market with the launch of the EAS Series DC-MHS Data Center Servers. This ...

In addition, Microsoft announced that it is expanding virtualization use rights to allow unlimited virtual instances on servers that are fully licensed for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.

Fausto Ibarra is the new front man for SQL Server. As reported last week, Ibarra officially took the reins of the SQL Server team as director of product management from Francois Ajenstat, who is now ...

If you haven't been paying a lot of attention, you might have missed the rise of a new form of virtualization, based at the operating system level, called 'containers.' While there are many specific ...

Look out, mid-market IT shops looking to use Microsoft's new Essential Business Server 2008 in an enterprise filled with virtual servers: Some old, resource-hogging apps, Exchange and SQL Server ...

DH2i Virtualization for SQL Comes with Brains - SiliconANGLE“Today, many IT organizations dedicate an inordinate amount of time and energy to Microsoft SQL Server management,” said Mark Bowker ...

Today, ICICI Bank runs about 40 virtual machines on a server, with VMware virtualizing the environments of database server running SQL instances; application servers such as Websphere, Pramati and ...