WesleyB's Blog : Kilimanjaro

SQL Server Kilimanjaro becomes SQL Server 2008 R2

wesback — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:51:00 GMT

Today at Tech Ed North America 2009 we have officially announced the new name for SQL Server code-named Kilimanjaro.
The official name will be: SQL Server 2008 R2!

More information can be found @ http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/r2.aspx and the "official" announcement can be found @ http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2009/05/11/teched-2009-new-sql-server-innovations.aspx.

Also read the official press announcement @ http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/May09/05-11TechEd09PR.mspx.

"Finally, Microsoft announced that a Community Technology Preview of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (formerly SQL Server code-named “Kilimanjaro”) will be available in the second half of 2009. SQL Server 2008 R2 will empower end users to make better decisions through self-service business intelligence, and help IT drive greater efficiency and reduce costs through new capabilities such as multi-server management and Master Data Services. In 2010, Microsoft will also introduce complex event processing for real-time insight into streaming information. This builds on the outstanding value of SQL Server 2008, which already provides some customers with as much as a 160 percent return on their investment.*"

Application and Multi-Server Management Private CTP

wesback — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:06:00 GMT

For those of you who did not get the chance to attend PASS, there was a great announcement around "Application & Multi-Server Management". This will take the management and deployment of your databases to a whole new level! The key themes for this solution are "Visibility and Control", "IT and Development Collaboration" and "Efficiently Manage More Instances". Instead of trying to convince you with the full explanation of the solution I ask you to look at the demo here (I am sure you will be amazed).

If this demo has gotten you curious please feel free to register for a private hosted CTP here (you have got until the end of this year to register).

SQL Server Kilimanjaro and Project Madison

wesback — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:42:00 GMT

Wikipedia says "Kilimanjaro with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is an inactive stratovolcano in north-eastern Tanzania rising 4,600 m (15,100 ft) from its base, and is additionally the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,340 ft), providing a dramatic view of the surrounding plains."

But this week the BI Conference has kicked off with an amazing announcement! There will be a BI focused release of SQL Server codenamed Kilimanjaro which is expected H1 2010 with CTPs available within the next 12 months. Kilimanjaro is focused on "People Ready BI".

A key component of Kilimanjaro is "Project Gemini", this is all about self-service BI using Excel. The vision behind Gemini is to free IT resources by giving business intelligence analysis and reporting capabilities to the end-users without IT losing control.

At the same time we will be releasing "Project Madison", this is the integration of Datallegro which will offer you an easy scale out solution to support data warehouses of up to 100s of terabytes.

This is very exciting news and I will keep you up-to-date whenever I get more information about this release.

Check out the press release.

You can see the keynote here, it contains a nice demo about the possibilities already in SQL Server around 00:35:00, Project Madison around 01:10:00 and Project Gemini around 01:27:00. If you have time however look at the complete keynote!

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