Forty-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.
