To speed development, Visual Studio now has additional code refactoring capabilities, including IntelliSense code snippets and intelligent helpers. Hundreds of components and classes inside the .Net ...

Linux was by far the fastest-growing database platform, growing 84 percent, according to newly released Gartner numbers. The open-source database segment grew 47 percent over the year, said Gartner ...

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 ...

Add or Remove Programs entry for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile [ENU] Developer Tools. Microsoft SQL Server Mobile Edition is a database engine optimized for mobile platforms and applications. The ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Sharing database data throughout a company is crucial to the daily operations of most businesses. To facilitate this, the data doesn't reside on one person's desktop PC; instead, a database server ...

Microsoft porting SQL Server to Linux is not an early April Fool's joke. The company is deadly serious about this move. Some people are asking why. After all, with MySQL, MariaDB, postgreSQL, and ...

Computer database software such as Microsoft's SQL Server benefits all types of businesses, as it makes recordkeeping fast, flexible and secure. SQL Server lets you disconnect a database from the main ...