Speaking in San Francisco Thursday, Microsoft's senior vice president of server applications Paul Flessner outlined the company's future vision for its SQL Server database in order to meet the needs of an increasingly mobile lifestyle. As part of that effort, Microsoft announced SQL Server Everywhere Edition for smartphones and other embedded devices.
Microsoft released SQL Server 2005 in November, and since that time has counted two million downloads of the free Express Edition. Flessner said sales of the database to businesses even surprised company executives and have led to 20 percent revenue growth in the past two quarters.
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Apr 8, 2006, 05:23 PM
