New SQL release: SQL Server 2008 R2 + CTP
Microsoft announced a new SQL Server version, SQL Server 2008 R2 with realy great upgrades for BI. And you can register for the CTP.
Some very interesting new features are:
- Self Service Analysis with “Project Gemini”
Build Robust Analytical Applications
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Combines native Excel 2010 functionality with an in-memory, column oriented processing engine to allow users to interactively explore and perform calculations on millions of rows of data at lightening speeds
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Streamlines the process of integrating data from multiple sources – including corporate databases, spreadsheets and external sources
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Access PivotTables, slicers, and other familiar analysis features in Excel to create reports and perform advanced analysis
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More Powerful Ad-hoc Reporting with Enhanced Data Models
Report with Ease
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Decrease time and costs developing reports
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Enable timely access to information to help make better decisions by empowering end users to easily design queries, reports and charts through a highly intuitive, drag and drop interface
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Powerful and intuitive authoring and ad hoc reporting capabilities with enhanced data models
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“Grab & Go” Reporting
Collaborate with Confidence
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Central, secure location for IT administrators and users to publish content objects that can be broadly reused and easily customized to meet the users’ needs
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Ensure consistency by creating and maintaining departmental content that can be accessed by the rest of the organization for building comprehensive business reports
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Accelerate report creation by allowing end users to reuse existing components (queries, tables, charts, maps, gauges, logos) as building blocks for creating new reports
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It even includes the new MDM with Master Data Services (MDS).
Read more and register for the CTP here : http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2.aspx
