Microsoft has RTM'd SQL Server 2014, which includes a new in-memory OLTP engine built jointly by Microsoft Research and the SQL Server team.

Microsoft today announced the availability of SQL Server 2014 Community Technology Preview 2.

The next version of Microsoft’s relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come ...

After nearly nine months in community preview, Microsoft today released SQL Server 2014 to manufacturing with generally available planned for April 1. The new version of Microsoft’s relational ...

SQL Server 2014’s biggest new feature is in-memory transaction processing, or in-memory OLTP, which Microsoft claims can make database operations as much as 30 times faster.

SQL Server 2014 will come with a new in-memory OLTP engine, one built with the company’s Heckaton set of technologies, first developed by Microsoft Research.

Microsoft unveiled SQL Server 2014 and said the new version is designed with 'cloud-first principles' and featuring built-in, in-memory OLTP and a focus on real-time, Big Data-style analytics.

The next release of Redmond's flagship relational database is done. In-memory computing; cloud and hybrid scenarios; and enhanced data warehousing capabilities are the product's major new features.

Microsoft's SQL Server 2014 has built-in in-memory technologies, so users don't need expensive additional software or hardware. Plus, it's fast.

In addition to SQL Server 2014, Microsoft debuted its Analytics Platform System (APS), pitching it as an appliance for customers that need to do queries spanning SQL Server and Hadoop.