Monthly Archives: September 2007

Microsoft Releases RC0 of Windows Server 2008

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Glenn Berry

WinBeta has a post with download links to the various versions of RC0 Windows Server 2008. You can download technical overviews of Windows Server 2008 here.   Technorati Tags: Windows Server 2008

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The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Volume 2

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Glenn Berry

DVD Savant has a very detailed review of The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Volume 2, with is a DVD collection only available from Best Buy. Another review is here. I bought this today to go with Vol 1 that I bought … Continue reading →

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Pseudo-Speaker at 2007 PASS Community Summit

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Glenn Berry

This past Thursday, I got a chance to be involved in one of the breakout session presentations given by the Microsoft SQLCAT team at the 2007 PASS Community Summit. It was DBA-413-M "Building Highly Available SQL Server implementations using Lessons … Continue reading →

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SQLCAT.COM Website

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft’s SQL Customer Advisory Team (SQLCAT) has a new web site that features Top Ten Lists, Technical Notes and Technical Case Studies about various complex performance, scalability, availability subjects concerning SQL Server 2005 and 2008. One recent Technical Note that caught … Continue reading →

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More about SQLPASS 2007

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Brent Ozar has a good wrap-up of the sessions that he attended at PASS 07 today. I attended several of the same sessions, and had some similar impressions. The SQLCAT/MySpace session was very interesting, although they actually said they were … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 Overview Video

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has a nice little marketing overview video of SQL Server 2008 that runs on Silverlight 1.0 (which means you need to let it install Silverlight 1.0, which is a good idea anyway). Of course, you can also get more info about … Continue reading →

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SQLPASS Day One

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Glenn Berry

The first full day of SQLPASS 2007 was held today at the Convention Center in Denver. In the morning keynote, Microsoft’s Ted Kummert once again reiterated that SQL Server 2008 will RTM in Q2 of 2008. Based on what I … Continue reading →

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More Intel Processor News

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Glenn Berry

AnandTech has a comparison of the new Intel quad-core "Harpertown" Xeon vs. the AMD quad-core "Barcelona" Opteron. The Harpertown CPUs are a 45nm  part, and they have a 1600MHz FSB and 12MB of L2 cache. For the several different benchmarks featured in … Continue reading →

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Press Coverage of SQL Server 2008

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Glenn Berry

This week’s SQLPASS Summit in Denver (which I am attending) is beginning to generate lots of favorable press coverage of SQL Server 2008. Computerworld has articles here and here. Microsoft’s Ted Kummert confirmed last week that SQL Server 2008 is … Continue reading →

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Intel’s Fall IDF

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Glenn Berry

Twice a year, Intel holds the Intel Developer Forum, where they trumpet their new and upcoming products and reach out to the development community. The Fall IDF starts tomorrow, in Santa Clara. EWeek has an article here that speculates about what … Continue reading →

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