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Predicting whether a server with one fast processor would be faster than a server with two slower processors is impossible without first examining the server's workload. Last week, I noted that in many cases, the cost difference between a dual...
One bit of good news that came out of Paul Flessner's TechEd 2003 address is that SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition's price will drop from $499 to just $49. The company told me it wanted to make SQL Server more accessible to developers, but I...
Microsoft is now accepting nominations for the public beta of SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services, scheduled for release August 2003. The company officially announced the product at TechEd in Dallas this week, saying that Reporting Services will be...
Last week, I encouraged you to identify and address the root causes of performance problems instead of addressing superficial symptoms. I used this question, found on the SQL Server newsgroups, to set the stage for advice on targeting problems...
I recently ran across the following question on the Microsoft SQL Server newsgroup: "Which should give better SQL Server performance: a server with a single-processor 1.6GHz Pentium 4 processor with 1GB of RAM or a server with dual 700MHz Pentium...
Microsoft announced that the beta version of Microsoft Office Visio 2003 will be available later this year. Visio 2003 features improved diagramming functions and libraries of shapes. Microsoft has also integrated Visio with XML to let the product...