Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

Microsoft this week released its long-awaited Beta 2 for SQL Server 2005, the next major release of Microsoft's flagship database that was formerly code-named "Yukon." While the beta includes ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

Microsoft released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2005 on Tuesday, a free upgrade available for download, in addition to new virtualization licensing for the database. Microsoft said it will ...

SQL Server (TM) 2005, the next version of its flagship database and analysis product, including information about new functionality and pricing for the expanded product line. The SQL Server 2005 ...

Microsoft ratcheted up its product support for SQL Server 2005 by releasing Service Pack 3 (SP3) on Monday, along with SP3 Cumulative Update 1. Microsoft ratcheted up its product support for SQL ...

Microsoft today noted that organizations running SQL Server 2005 have less than a year before the product's lifecycle support will come to an end. SQL Server 2005 will exit its "extended support" ...

Microsoft will only support SQL Server 2005 running Service Pack 2 on its upcoming Vista and Longhorn server operating systems, a move that an analyst said isn’t surprising, but shouldn’t have a ...

Microsoft does it again. Just when you thought you were completely confused about Microsoft virtualization licensing, they do it again. Remember when Microsoft announced their virtualization license ...

Microsoft late Monday issued a pre-patch advisory confirming a remote code execution vulnerability affecting its SQL Server line. The vulnerability, publicly disclosed with exploit code more than two ...

Microsoft began a wide beta testing program of its forthcoming SQL Server 2005 database on Monday, a much anticipated--and delayed--product central to the company's server software line. The second ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. After April 12, those running SQL Server 2005 database software will no longer get ...