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Why Upgrade to SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence - A Technical Overview

whitepaper This paper focuses on the new features and functionality of SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence (BI) to provide the knowledge one need to make an informed decision. Upgrading to the SQL Server 2005 BI components offers immediate returns on...

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

Upgrading MSDE 2000 to SQL Server 2005 Express

whitepaper This paper discusses the new SQL Server 2005 Express Edition features that are important to MSDE users. It covers how to upgrade the existing MSDE installation to SQL Server 2005 Express and presents criteria to help to decide when to upgrade the...

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

What's New in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

whitepaper This paper provides a practical guide to exploring the new features of the SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) platform. The new development environment is called the Business Intelligence (BI) Development Studio, while the administration...

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

Comparing SQL Server 2005 and IBM UDB DB2 8.2: Focus on Developer Productivity

whitepaper This paper compares and contrasts SQL Server 2005 and DBA UDB 8.02 for the Microsoft Windows Platform with respect to features of interest to developers. It also describes applications scenarios that will be facilitated by the new SQL Server 2005...

Tags: application servers

[16 May 2008]

SQL Server 2008: What to Expect

whitepaper Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has many great new features that will allow you to develop higher performing, more scalable next-generation applications using more than just relational data. In this paper, Global Knowledge discusses some of the new...

Tags: quality of service, sql server, sql, develop

[03 May 2008]

Healthcare Group Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 to Better Protect 2 Terabytes of Data

whitepaper The organization is updating databases to SQL Server 2008 to take advantage of new features including advanced auditing and transparent encryption to help it meet HIPAA and other regulatory requirements.

Tags: application servers

[03 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Managing SQL Server 2000 With MOM 2005 (Level 200)

whitepaper In this webcast the presenter will walk through some of the key features of the management pack including SQL Server state monitoring, reporting, tasks, performance monitoring, and the new features of the management pack including the monitoring...

Tags: monitoring systems

[02 May 2008]

Bust a Move with Your SSIS - Passing Package Variables

whitepaper Integration Services (SSIS), the next generation of the Extract, Transport, and Load (ETL) feature included with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 has befuddled Database Administrators. This paper explores the creation of sample development data featuring...

Tags: knowledge and data management

[02 May 2008]

Cool Features for SQL Server 2008

whitepaper In Quest's new white paper, "Cool Features for SQL Server 2008," SQL Server expert and Microsoft MVP Geoff N. Scheduled for release this year, SQL Server's first significant upgrade in three years features a number of envelope-pushing enhancements...

Tags: programming languages

[17 Apr 2008]

TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 1 of 3): High-Performance Data Warehousing (Level 300)

whitepaper The attendee will learn how to incorporate the new features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to provide a high-performance data warehouse that can scale to larger number of users and growing volumes of data.

Tags: application servers

[14 Apr 2008]

Download SQL Anywhere 10: Enterprise database power anywhere!

whitepaper With more than 200 new features, SQL Anywhere 10 is the most significant release in the product's 15-year history. SQL Anywhere® provides data management and data exchange technologies that enable the rapid development and deployment of database...

Tags: infrastructure management, testing, enable, exchange

[10 Apr 2008]

SQL Server 2005 Management Tools Overview

whitepaper SQL Server 2005 introduces a new toolset with a myriad of new features. The general theme across the toolset is integration, with consistency across tools designed to improve productivity with SQL Server.

Tags: application servers

[03 Apr 2008]

International Features in Microsoft SQL Server 2005

whitepaper Topics covered include an explanation of Unicode, added support for supplementary characters in SQL Server 2005, the changes in collation in different versions of SQL Server, changes in data types, performance, updates on data providers, and new...

Tags: application servers

[03 Apr 2008]

Engineering Firm Upgrades Infrastructure and Propels Server Performance by 20%

whitepaper The Foth's plan was to migrate the ASP Web applications to a new server running Windows Server 2008, and then migrate the SharePoint backend databases to a new instance of SQL Server 2005 running on the new server.

Tags: infrastructure management

[02 Apr 2008]

Leading Airline Set to Transform Customer Experience With Powerful Travel Portal

whitepaper The new geospatial features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database software will allow customers to extract detailed geographical information about their destination. Microsoft Silverlight browser plug-in offers a seamless interface, new levels of...

Tags: portals

[02 Apr 2008]

What's New in DB2 Viper: XML to the Core

whitepaper But don't worry, all of DB2's traditional database management features remain, including its support for SQL and tabular data structures. The new DB2 "Viper" release, now in beta, features a significant architectural departure from prior versions.

Tags: xml

[28 Mar 2008]

SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices - Operational and Administrative Tasks

whitepaper Features and options that are new or defaults that are changed for SQL Server 2005 are identified. For additional information on the specifics of utilities, features, and DDL statements referenced in this white paper, see SQL Server 2005 Books Online.

Tags: application servers

[28 Mar 2008]

Update XML in DB2 9.5

whitepaper The previous version, DB2 9, introduced pureXML support for storing and indexing of XML data and querying it with the SQL/XML and XQuery languages. One of the most significant new features in IBM DB2 9.5 for Linux, Unix and Windows is the XML...

Tags: xml

[28 Mar 2008]

Extending Enterprise Search Capabilities to Your Business Intelligence Applications

whitepaper This paper discusses the integration of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS) and Reporting Services (SSRS) with Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). For Analysis Services and Reporting Services users who are new to working with MOSS, this...

Tags: application servers

[28 Mar 2008]

Query DB2 XML Data With SQL

whitepaper In this paper, learn how to query data stored in XML columns using SQL and SQL/XML. If one is already familiar with SQL, one can immediately apply the skills to working with XML data stored natively in DB2.

Tags: xml

[28 Mar 2008]

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