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SQL Server 2008: a first look review
Reviews Microsoft has made some big promises for SQL Server 2008, a major update of its enterprise database product. Another groundbreaking addition is SQL 2008’s FileStream data type. The difference is that FileStream records are stored on the local NTFS...
[May 27, 2008, 9:37]
Access 2002 review
Reviews Tying to your back-end data is also simpler, with an improved Table Wizard for step-by-step external sourcing, and the inclusion of SQL Server 2000's desktop engine for direct connectivity to a SQL Server.
[May 30, 2001, 0:00]
IBM DB2 9 review
Reviews The DWB is based on the Eclipse framework and provides an environment where you can create XML queries, SQL scripts, stored procedures, XML schema documents and user-defined queries. And because the DWB is built on Eclipse, there are a number of...
[July 27, 2006, 10:00]
Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2: a first look review
Reviews Along with Beta 2 itself you have the option of installing SQL Server 2005 Express to allow development of database-backed applications. This gives you a boost in productivity over raw SQL strings, which have to be typed out longhand in Visual...
[October 5, 2007, 14:35]
Microsoft's unified communications suite review
Reviews In contrast with most of the previous Microsoft server suites, Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007) integrates functions from a range of other Microsoft applications, including the IIS web server, Active Directory, Certificate Services and...
[October 16, 2007, 10:34]
Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 review
Reviews SQL Server is also required, although on a small deployment this can be the free Express implementation as the storage requirements are relatively small. For our evaluation we installed everything onto one server — a typical small business...
[November 20, 2007, 11:55]
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 review
Reviews On a large network, dedicated library and SQL Server hosts can be used, although the free SQL Server 2005 Express is also included and proved more than adequate for the small-business-focused Workgroup Edition we tested.
[February 28, 2008, 11:11]
Windows 6.0/Longhorn: an early look review
Reviews The new file system, Windows Future Storage (WinFS), which is based on SQL Server 2003 (codenamed Yukon), looks very promising. A number of SQL features are already running, but these cause substantial performance degradation since the data needs...
[February 21, 2003, 15:41]
Asigra Televaulting 6.2 review
Reviews DS-Client stores some data in a SQL database located on the same LAN, or it needs a SQL database such as Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) on the system on which it is running. The DS-System server runs either on Linux or Windows 2000 or...
[February 21, 2007, 7:28]
Windows Small Business Server 2008: a first look review
Reviews However, there are big changes for Premium buyers, who get the latest SQL Server 2008 product (also being released on November 12th) together with a second copy of Windows Server 2008 so that a separate database server can be configured
[July 24, 2008, 10:26]
StarOffice 6.0 review
Reviews Although StarOffice lacks a database of its own, it does include an acquisition tool that extracts data from SQL databases and spreadsheets. Instead, Sun includes a data-source administration tool that extracts data or data-containing files, such...
[May 20, 2002, 18:19]
LANsurveyor for Windows 10.0 review
Reviews The default 'free' SQL database will change from MSDE (Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine) to SQL Server Express. Although this will not affect current MSDE repository installations, LANsurveyor users who upgrade to SQL Server Express can take advantage...
[June 7, 2007, 9:37]
Office 2003 Beta 2: an IT perspective review
Reviews As part of its construction, the worksheet is programmed to use Web Services to retrieve information specified by XML tags -- Quarter3Income', for example -- to retrieve the corresponding information from an Access or SQL database.
[March 10, 2003, 8:21]
When Web 2.0 fails review
Reviews Let's say a third-party site starts detecting malicious SQL injection activity, and its Web applications start seeing harmful JavaScript inserted into a SQL database request string. Take the data from Craigslist, add it to Google Maps, and you have...
[August 30, 2006, 9:45]
Windows Longhorn: build M5 review
Reviews The test build, known as Milestone 5 (M5), still doesn't incorporate Microsoft's new file system, called Windows Future Storage (based on the next version of SQL Server, code-named Yukon). Windows Future Storage (WinFS) promises to make the...
[May 8, 2003, 7:33]
WhatsUp Gold v12 Premium Edition review
Reviews VAT) provides core network management features, while WhatsUp Gold Premium Edition (from £1,766), reviewed here, adds advanced monitoring for Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server and SMTP email servers. And it's not just for large enterprises: small and...
[July 29, 2008, 15:48]
Check Point Connectra 2.0 review
Reviews Moreover, unlike an ordinary firewall, the Connectra software is able to detect and block common application-layer attacks including cross-site scripting and SQL injection. The first version of Connectra (released last year) addressed this issue by...
[October 10, 2005, 0:00]
Office XP: the competition review
Reviews ODBC compatibility with Oracle and SQL databases is also a feature of WordPerfect Office 2002. Corel has just released WordPerfect Office 2002. The Professional version contains WordPerfect, Presentations, Paradox, Quattro Pro and CorelCentral...
[May 30, 2001, 0:00]
Windows Longhorn: more details emerge review
Reviews WinFS is a file system that works more like a relational database, which is no coincidence, since it is based on the same technology as the next version of SQL Server, code-named Yukon. At a roundup in Los Angeles last week, the company handed out...
[November 11, 2003, 7:40]
ACT! by Sage 2009 review
Reviews are handled by Microsoft SQL Server, but you're shielded from it and need hardly be aware that it's there. ACT! by Sage 2009 delivers improved Outlook integration, better calendar and activity visibility, and enhanced database search capabilities...
[April 9, 2009, 13:36]
