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Business today demands a different kind of data management solution. Performance, scalability, and reliability are essential, but businesses now expect more from their key IT investments.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 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:

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Microsoft is positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms, 2008 

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Microsoft is positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2007

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SQL Server is the fastest growing Database and Business Intelligence vendor

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SQL Server ships more units than Oracle and IBM combined

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SQL Server is the #1 OLAP Server on the market

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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.

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SQL Server is best in price/performance for TPC-H 1TB & 3TB (non-clustered).

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Microsoft SQL Server and Unisys are the first to publish TPC-E benchmark results.

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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.

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SQL Server still number 1 in databases. 74.7 percent of enterprises are using SQL Server, while 54.5 percent are using Oracle databases.

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SQL Server Manages the World's Largest Databases.

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Microsoft SQL Server recognized as Best Seller and Top Growth Best Seller by CRN Magazine.