Microsoft releases SQL Server 2016

Microsoft has announced the general availability of its SQL Server 2016 product, after releasing a preview build late last year. The offering comes with a couple of novelties, including the updateable in-memory column stores and advanced analytics through deep integration with R Services. SQL Server 2016 also offers advanced analytics and machine learning models in the database, which Microsoft says will have a hundred-fold speed-up in time to insight, compared to similar deployments outside the database. Announcing the product in a blog post, Microsoft’s corporate vice president, Data Group, Joseph Sirosh, calls the SQL Server 2016 the world’s fastest and most price-performant… [Continue Reading]