Microsoft made it's own SQL server 2016 and will be generally available by June 1.
According to Microsoft, it will deliver an end-to-end data management and business analytics solution with mission-critical intelligence.
According to Microsoft, it will deliver an end-to-end data management and business analytics solution with mission-critical intelligence.
Built into the software are end-to-end mobile business intelligence on any device, in-database advanced analytics, in-memory capabilities optimized for all workloads, and a consistent experience from on-premises to the cloud, Microsoft said.
"The announcement suggests Microsoft is taking into consideration the needs of enterprise customers," said Fernando Cruz, an analyst at Nucleus Research.
"This is reflected in the investments it has made to reinvigorate Microsoft SharePoint," he told TechNewsWorld.
Microsoft will offer three versions of SQL Server 2016: Enterprise, Standard and Express. The company in March offered a Developer edition as a free download.
The package will let users "scale performance with cost efficiency," suggested Anne Moxie, a senior analyst at Nucleus Research. "They won't have to invest as heavily in infrastructure to achieve computing capabilities that will be able to accommodate peaks in use."
Microsoft announced that it will charge for SQL Server 2016 on a per-core basis rather than per processor, and that has raised some hackles.
However, "this is similar to Oracle's pricing and represents an industry trend. The old pricing forced decisions that favored high core counts in single processors, which often hurt performance and increased thermal management issues," Enderle said.
"The Linux support and hybrid advantages should let [SQL Server 2016] stand out, and the pricing changes should focus buyers back on performance, where it should be, and off gaming prices with processor architectures," he suggested.
Linux support for SQL Server 2016 will be available mid-2017.
- Sagar Kotian.
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