Idera, a provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft SQL Server, has announced SQL comparison toolset v1.1, a solution that is aimed at helping DBAs save time in comparing and ...

McKnight Consulting Group (MCG) conducted a series of benchmark tests to determine the relative performance of 5 cloud database vendors: Actian Vector, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft SQL Server, Snowflake ...

There’s a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

Microsoft has begun signing up testers for SQL Server Data Services (SSDS), codenamed "Sitka," a forthcoming service that will allow customers and developers to host their data in a Microsoft-hosted ...