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Microsoft SQL Server is a comprehensive, integrated data
management and analysis software that enables organizations
to reliably manage mission-critical information and confidently
run today’s increasingly complex business applications. SQL
Server 2005 allows companies to gain greater insight from
their business information and achieve faster results for
a competitive advantage.
SQL Server 2005 is the Data Platform leader:
Microsoft is positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Magic
Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems,
2007
SQL Server is the fastest growing Database and Business
Intelligence vendor
SQL Server ships more units than Oracle and IBM combined
SQL Server is the #1 OLAP Server on the market
SQL Server is more secure than Oracle. Since July 2003
more than 100 critical Oracle database security vulnerabilities
have been identified, compared to ZERO for SQL Server
for that period.
SQL Server is a benchmark leader, with the best price/performance
for TPC-H 1TB & 3TB (non-clustered) as well as best
performance for TPC-H 1TB.
Microsoft SQL Server and Unisys are the first to publish
TPC-E benchmark results.
Gartner 2006 worldwide RDBMS market share reports highest
growth rate in market share for Microsoft SQL Server.
With 28% growth in market share, growth is almost twice
the nearest competitor at 14.8% growth.
SQL Server still number 1 in databases. 74.7 percent
of enterprises are using SQL Server, while 54.5 percent
are using Oracle databases.