SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition remains the same at $24,999 per processor. Workgroup Edition is priced at $3,899 per processor, with the Standard release now running $1,000 more at $5,999. "But, assuming that cross-integrated features really work well, product A will need Products B, C or D for businesses to recognize the real feature benefits."Īs previously announced, Microsoft has reworked its product editions for SQL Server 2005.
Conceptually, customers can reap huge benefits from the feature cross-integration," explained Wilcox. "Cross-integration is either going to appeal to customers or it's going to drive them away. "We're enabling people to gain more insight into their businesses and play an even bigger role in the success of their organizations."ĭespite businesses waiting through numerous delays to see the new products come to fruition, Microsoft must still convince them of the benefits, says Jupiter Research senior analyst Joe Wilcox. "Through deep collaboration with our customers and partners, today we're delivering powerful new platform capabilities with unprecedented integration between the server infrastructure and development tools," Ballmer said in a statement.
SQL Server will also offer better integration with Microsoft Office and Visual Studio. Microsoft has added built-in reporting and data analysis tools and will soon launch Business Scorecard Manager 2005 to extend that functionality.
NET Framework 2.0 brings "183 percent better performance than equivalently coded EJB-applications running on IBM WebSphere 6.0 against and Oracle 10G backend," Microsoft says.īusiness intelligence has also taken center stage in SQL Server 2005. Microsoft's flagship database can now handle up to 93,000 concurrent users, and integration with. Ballmer admitted that SQL Server 2005 was "a little bit long in coming," but emphasized the major changes in the release.
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