PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

I am dealing with a company (of 15-20 people) that is currently running a PE2900 (tower) that is on its last legs and long overdue for an upgrade. It used to handle Crystal Reports, Quickbooks, SQL ...

“With our latest release, Delphix can virtualize two thirds of the relational database market,” said Jedidiah Yueh, Delphix CEO. “Whether the data exists in a decade-old version of Oracle, on the ...

This week, I again had the opportunity to be on the Virtumania podcast with Rich Brambley, Marc Farley and a special SQL server guest, http://www.brentozar.com/ Brent ...

I was privileged to deliver a session entitled Managing SQL Server in a Virtual World at the PASS Summit 2012, the largest annual conference for Microsoft SQL Server. It was a packed house, literally ...

Microsoft does it again. Just when you thought you were completely confused about Microsoft virtualization licensing, they do it again. Remember when Microsoft announced their virtualization license ...

If you haven’t been paying a lot of attention, you might have missed the rise of a new form of virtualization, based at the operating system level, called “containers.” While there are many specific ...

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To fulfill the promise of big data, you need to abstract data from its underpinnings -- at both the data and infrastructure layers Big data in the cloud has so many potential functional service layers ...