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The First Private Cloud Appliance 

What’s inside the new HP Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance? On Sept 13th, we launched the new HP Database Consolidation Appliance which supports deploying 1000’s of workloads in a private cloud infrastructure. The solution is specifically designed for I/O intensive workloads and can load balance a complex mix of workloads across multiple racks that are required in a true private cloud appliance deployment.
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SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB RC0 Now Available 

We are pleased to announce that SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB Release Candidate 0 is now available for download. Try it here today! LocalDB is a new version of Express created specifically for developers. It is very easy to install and requires no management, yet it offers the same T-SQL language, programming surface and client-side providers as the regular SQL Server Express.
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Available Today: Preview Release of the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux 

In our continued commitment to interoperability, we are very excited to announce the availability of a preview release of the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux! This release will allow native developers to access Microsoft SQL Server from Linux operating systems. To assist our customers with native applications on multi-platform we have ported our existing, reliable and enterprise-class ODBC for Windows driver (a.k.a.
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Microsoft Codename “Social Analytics” Lab 

A few weeks ago we released a new “lab” on a site which some of you may be aware of called SQL Azure | Labs.  We created this site as an outlet for projects incubated out of teams who are passionate about an idea.
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SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate is now Available! 

Building on our announcement at the PASS Summit 2011 in early October, today we are excited to announce the SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC). SQL Server 2012 RC is the first release which is feature complete and represents an exciting milestone for customers and partners looking to experience the full value of SQL Server 2012.
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The Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour is coming! 

CALLING ALL SQL SERVER PROFESSIONALS Do you want Microsoft to come to your city? This March, Microsoft is teaming with PASS to bring you the SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour, a cross-country, technical training roadshow that will take us to 12 cities across America.
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Mission Critical Applications running on SQL Server 

In choosing a platform for running Mission Critical applications, IT Managers, Architects and CIOs need to ensure that the platform is trustworthy and can provide the reliability, availability, security, and performance needed to meet the service level agreements that these type of applications demand.
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My Top 5 SQL Server 2012 Features by Aaron Bertrand, Guest Blogger 

Guest Blogger: Aaron BertrandAaron is a senior consultant for SQL Sentry, providers of the free Plan Explorer, as well as performance monitoring and event management software for SQL Server. He has been blogging at sqlblog.com since 2006, focusing on manageability, performance, and new features; has been a Microsoft MVP since 1997-98; and speaks frequently at various community events.
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Follow up to the SQL Server Fireside Chats after the 24 Hours of PASS Sessions 

The SQL Server Team held Fireside Chats at the end of the 24 Hours of PASS on September 7-8, 2011 to give attendees the opportunity to ask questions directly to members of the SQL Server engineering team. The engineers answered most of the questions during the chat, however there were a few questions that we promised to follow up on at a later date.
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Dell Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance Announced @PASS Summit! 

We’ve wrapped up getting SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse on Dell hardware and proud to announce the Dell Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance that includes Dell PowerEdge R610 Servers and Dell PowerVault MD36xxF series high density storage. The Dell Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance is a rack solution with a single control rack and one to four data racks.
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Recap from PASS Summit 2011 

We had a great week at PASS Summit 2011, a SQL Server and BI user conference. During the day 1 keynote Ted Kummert, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Business Platform Decision, talked about Microsoft’s roadmap for helping customers manage and analyze any data, of any size, anywhere — on premises, and in the private or public cloud.