Microsoft promises that its latest database platform will be faster and more secure
What’s new in SQL Server 2016? ComputerworldUK speaks to Microsoft about its latest database platform…
The decision to bring SQL Server 2016 to Linux has grabbed headlines recently, but Microsoft has also announced a host of new capabilities to lure businesses to the latest version of its database platform. This includes improvements to security, advanced analytics and the ability to move data into the Azure cloud.
SQL Server 2016 went into public preview last summer and is now on its third release candidate version – meaning its features are close to being final. In a statement Microsoft said that ”there will be a final RTM [release to manufacturing edition] coming soon and the product will be generally available in the summer of 2016″.
ComputerworldUK spoke to Microsoft’s Tiffany Wissner, senior director for product marketing, Data Platform division, at a SQL Server 2016 launch event in London last week about why businesses should be considering an upgrade to SQL Server 2016…
SQL Server 2016: Faster processing with improved OLTP and Columnstore in-memory capabilities
The latest version of SQL Server builds on the in-memory capabilities seen in SQL Server 2014. Microsoft claims that SQL Server 2016′s analytics query performance is increased a hundred-fold, while transactional workloads are 30 times faster.
It is also easier to use, bringing together its two in-memory tools. “In previous versions of SQL Server our in-memory Columnstore was doing very fast queries,” says Wissner. “With this release we allow you to use the in-memory Columnstore with in-memory OLTP to get fast analytics and fast performance.”
She adds: “Typically what people have had to do is run their mission-critical apps and their fast transaction database – and then they would pull data out or ‘ETL’ [extract, transform, load] into a data warehouse. We have really bridged that gap to have the real-time analytics. So it is bringing mission-critical intelligence together in the same database without having trade-offs in performance.”
Source: ComputerworldUK
