SQL Server 2008 has been ... delayed

Microsoft has officially announced that the release time of SQL Server 2008 will be delayed until the third quarter of 2008, instead of immediately in the second quarter as expected.

However, the Redmond giant has insisted that it is "on track" in releasing this database software, ie within 24-36 months of releasing SQL Server 2005. .

According to Microsoft statistics, there have been more than 100,000 downloads of the SQL Server 2008 beta and the technology community's " generally positive " feedback .

SQL Server 2008 is a product that is very important for Microsoft, because it not only improves the features of the 2005 version, but also provides the foundation for other Microsoft business management software.

Business intelligence software is a very hot field in the software market in general, and is also a fierce competition among names such as SAP and Oracle with Microsoft.

The software giant said it plans to release a " candidate " version of SQL Server 2008 in the second quarter, and the final version will be put into production in the third quarter.

High Quality?

Source: Microsoft Blog " Our goal is to deliver products of the highest quality possible. We just want to have more time to satisfy the demanding demands of our customers ".

And to reassure the market, Microsoft claims that the new release of SQL Server 2008 will not cause any impact on its two "most important enterprise software over the past three decades".

The latest two versions of Visual Studio and Windows Server are expected to be officially released on February 27th.

Once considered a technology that is only capable of managing small-sized databases, SQL Server can now control the volume of data larger than 20 TB. In addition to new, more stable and scalable business management features, SQL Server 2008 also supports geographic data, time .

It also integrates a transparent encryption mechanism, that is, applications that work with data within the database will not require users to decode the information. SQL Server will take over the entire "interpreter" section without any user input.