Dell Solutions Help Businesses Take Advantage of New Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Features
-- Utilizing built-in enterprise reporting and analytics found on Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 R2, Dell customers can easily share and collaborate on
vital information to improve decision-making.
-- Dell server and storage solutions coupled with SQL Server 2008 R2 can
help customers run large scale data centers and data warehouses more
effectively.
-- Dell provides a single point of contact to help customers assess,
design, implement and manage SQL Server 2008 R2 environments.
ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As IT departments grapple with securing, managing, and sharing increasing volumes of data, Dell and Microsoft Corporation are delivering an open, capable and affordable set of solutions to help customers improve database environments with minimal IT support. The availability and support of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 on Dell's complete line of 64-bit PowerEdge servers and PowerVault, EqualLogic and Dell|EMC storage solutions can give customers increased scalability for large application workloads, help improve data center virtualization and consolidation implementations, and help IT departments seamlessly manage the organization's database infrastructure.
Customers running SQL Server 2008 R2 on Dell data center platforms get the ability to store and manage data effectively while also enabling sophisticated database mining and business intelligence. Dell and Microsoft solutions allow users to extract and analyze information from a multitude of sources, including relational databases, multi-dimensional sources, cloud services, data feeds, object and text files, and data from the Web with the confidence that the complete platform will scale to their operations. The value delivered in these new capabilities enables users to quickly transform huge quantities of data into meaningful information so individuals across the organization can make better informed business decisions.
With Dell and SQL Server 2008 R2 solutions, IT organizations can centrally manage critical, company-wide data assets in a secure manner, helping to ensure the integrity of information over time. Other key product highlights on SQL Server 2008 R2 include:
-- Users can quickly transform huge quantities of data into meaningful
information by being able to import this data into Excel and Microsoft
SharePoint Server for a familiar user experience.
-- Utilize support for Windows Server 2008 R2, including Hyper-V with Live
Migration to consolidate and virtualize IT environments.
-- Data warehouse scalability from tens to hundreds of terabytes through
massively parallel processing. With this release SQL server can support
up to 256 logical processors allowing for more applications to run on a
single large server.
-- SQL Server Control Point provides a single location for managing and
deploying applications while providing centralized views over resource
utilization on both physical and virtual machines.
-- Data-tier application support allows for easier developing, deploying,
and managing of databases. Data-tier applications provide a single unit
for authoring, deploying, and managing the data-tier objects instead of
having to manage them separately.
-- Microsoft does not price per-core for multi-core processors giving users
added savings on licensing costs.
A Single Point of Contact
Dell services provide full support for both Dell hardware and SQL Server 2008 R2. By providing a single point of contact, customers can reduce the risk, costs and time associated with assessing, designing, implementing, and managing SQL Server 2008 R2 all while increasing the performance, quality and reliability of their database environment. Dell's standard-based technology platforms are designed to help customers improve flexibility, efficiency and scalability without promoting vendor lock-in through proprietary solutions.
Quotes
"This announcement is significant for Dell's customers because it represents a major performance and management breakthrough for database infrastructures. Dell is in a unique position to offer the right mix of products and services to help businesses assess, plan and deploy Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and capture the benefits of the latest technology." --Sally Stevens, vice president, Product Group Platform Marketing, Dell Inc.
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Source: Dell
Released May 12, 2010