Microsoft today revealed more details surrounding Windows and SQL Server 12 support for big data analytics via cozier integration with Apache Hadoop, the increasingly popular open source cloud ...

Microsoft is responding to the “Big Data” movement by adding support for the open-source Hadoop framework for large-scale data processing to its SQL Server database and Parallel Data Warehouse ...

Microsoft released two community technology preview (CTP) test versions of its Hadoop connectors today, one that works with Microsoft's current flagship SQL Server and other with its data warehouse ...

Microsoft has dropped its "Denali" code name and now calls its next-generation relational database management system "SQL Server 2012." The company also explained at the SQL PASS Summit being held in ...

Teradata Aster has launched a new tool which allows business analysts to work with Hadoop data through SQL query structures. Its Aster SQL-H provides a bridge between widely used business intelligence ...

It’s time for the next version of SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship database product. The company today announced the first public preview of SQL Server 2019 and while yet another update to a ...

In a surprise show of support for a popular open-source technology, Microsoft says it will offer Hadoop-based distributions for Windows Server and its Windows Azure cloud computing platform — aiming ...

The announcement was made at the PASS Summit, which is the de facto Microsoft-endorsed SQL Server conference, and one where database administrators (DBAs) dominate the audience. In presenting PolyBase ...

Microsoft today made it clear that it is working on bringing Hadoop, which is rising in both popularity and usage, to its Azure, and Windows Server products. The company is building its own ...