SQL 2008 nearly ready
Microsoft made available to select testers on 5 June the near-final Release Candidate 0 of SQL Server 2008, says ZDNet.
Microsoft released the latest test build of its database to TechNet Plus and Microsoft Developer Network subscribers only.
Microsoft officially "launched" SQL Server 2008 in February, alongside Visual Studio 2008 and Windows Server 2008. Earlier this year, Microsoft officials said they were planning to deliver SQL Server 2008 by mid-2008. Company officials last week reiterated Microsoft's more recent guidance: The company is planning to deliver the final build of SQL Server 2008 in the third calendar quarter of 2008.
Euro server market grows
According to new research from IDC, there is no gloom in the European server market, says Zycko.
Figures from the organisation reveal that the market for the first quarter of 2008 experienced sales growth of 4.8% over the same period in 2007.
Meanwhile, server blades exhibited "staggering annual growth" of 53.1%, IDC states.
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