SQL Server may be too lucrative for Microsoft to ditch, but too legacy to love

Analysts say Redmond still has billions of reasons to keep backing its flagship DBMS, even as Azure, Postgres, and AI hog the ...

Oracle Targets AI Security With Database-First Protection Strategy

Oracle expands its AI database security strategy with new data protection, patching, and cyber resilience tools to help ...
InfoQ

Microsoft Announces a New Azure SQL Database Free Offer in Public Preview

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Redmond Magazine

Restoring a Database to an Older Version of SQL Server

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...
TechCrunch

AWS announces Aurora DSQL, a new distributed SQL database that promises virtually unlimited scalability

At its re:Invent conference, Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit today announced Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless, distributed SQL database that promises high availability (99.999% for multi-region ...
Network World

What’s better for your big data application, SQL or NoSQL?

One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record, the ...