The next version of Microsoft’s relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come ...

SQL Server 2012 then borrowed this columnar processing technique for its own use. As an example of how the new SQL Server could speed performance, Kelly explained how a retail chain could benefit ...

Hekaton, Microsoft's coming in-memory database engine, will be built into the next version of SQL Server. Meanwhile, SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now generally available.

The three features of adaptive query processing can make SQL Server 2017 significantly faster at processing your workload. Not only that, but they also provide significant improvements without needing ...

Promising that developers can "save weeks of development effort," Microsoft today answered their request for database project support in Visual Studio to target Azure SQL Data Warehouse projects.

VoltDB can be accessed using SQL and ensures transactional data integrity (ACID). VoltDB is ideal for developers of ad serving, gaming, software as a service (SaaS), financial trading, on-line ...

Along with other PostgreSQL performance enhancements, like increased parallel processing, faster SQL JOIN functions, and several query engine improvements, Swarm64 DA 5.0 accelerates query ...

Furthermore, systems that integrate intelligent compression strategies directly into database indices, such as those utilising B+-trees, have reported impressive gains in query throughput by ...