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Sep 09
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Izenda Reports Runs on Linux: Windows Azure Makes it Happen

By | Izenda Reports, Microsoft, Product Updates, Visualizations

Izenda opens doors by bringing its enterprise reporting tool into the open source community.

Sept. 9, 2013 – Atlanta, GA – In response to a customer request, engineers at Izenda have successfully run Izenda Reports on Linux servers. Windows Azure VMs enabled the team to start the process quickly without acquiring additional hardware. This represents a huge leap for the company, as it takes its product into the open source world.

“Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computing platform enables Izenda to rapidly bring new products to market,” said Scott McLeod, VP of Engineering at Izenda. “Azure gives Izenda a competitive advantage by eliminating time consuming hardware procurement and administrative IT tasks, freeing key resources to focus on Izenda’s customers and core business,” McLeod concluded.

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Jun 12
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The Lowdown on SQL Server 2014

By | Microsoft

SQL Server 2014Forty-six percent of the databases deployed worldwide are now SQL Server, according to Microsoft officials. Even if that’s exaggerated, it’s hard to ignore the market impact of SQL Server, and certainly exciting to hear about the new features that have been revealed for the company’s new release.

SQL Server 2014 is expected to ship early next year, with a preview due out mid-June, within days. So what will change with SQL Server 2014? A few upgrades, more integration options across Microsoft tools, all good things.

Big Stuff

Many tech blogs have been talking about the “Hekaton,” the engine that will enable in-memory OLTP (online translation processing)  in the new SQL Server. These new technologies are being designed to complement existing in-memory data-warehousing and BI capabilities already in SQL server, officials reported.

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