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Microsoft Deploying 10-Terabyte Enterprise Data Warehouse Using SQL Server 2008

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Overview Microsoft, with more than 60,000 employees worldwide, and with 2006 revenue exceeding U.S.$50 billion, generates a lot of internal data that the company wanted to centralize to provide it with a more integrated view of its customers. To fill this need, Microsoft IT is using the Microsoft Application Platform to create an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) hosted on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database software, and running on the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition operating system. The EDW, which is already 2.5 terabytes and is expected to exceed 10 terabytes within the first 12 months of deployment, will give the company a better view of its customers.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	January 2008	Downloads	2
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Application Servers, Database Management, Windows Server 2008

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UK Police Authority Supports Investigations With Powerful Solution and Reduces Expenditure by 90 Per Cent

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Dell

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Dell

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application servers

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Storage
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Oracle pumps up prices, BEA takes the hit

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Applications
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Windows Server 2003 takes a secure step forward

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Lindows announces v 3.0 release date

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The company said on Wednesday that it has decided to push out to the first half of 2005 the delivery of the next major edition of SQL Server, code-named Yukon, and a closely related update to Visual Studio.Net, called Whidbey.

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IT Pro

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