Hekaton, Microsoft's coming in-memory database engine, will be built into the next version of SQL Server. Meanwhile, SQL Server 2012 SP1 is now generally available.

Everybody wants their databases to retrieve and store information faster, and with SQL Server 2014, which is released to manufacturing today, Microsoft is tweaking its columnar data store as well as ...

Microsoft's SQL Server 2014 is slated to deliver in-memory OLTP capabilities, plus a handful of other new and enhanced database features early next year.

Microsoft's SQL Server 2014 has built-in in-memory technologies, so users don't need expensive additional software or hardware. Plus, it's fast.

If screaming speed in data access is the most important thing in your life, SQL Server's durable in-memory, memory-optimized tables are your answer. They were good in SQL Server 2014 and they're even ...

The next version of SQL Server will feature the ability to host database tables or even entire databases within a server’s working memory.

The next version of Microsoft's SQL Server will allow users to host database tables, or even entire databases, within a server's memory.

In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL Server relational database management system.

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