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Join us for the SQL Server 2012 Launch

You are invited to connect live, globally, to the virtual launch event of SQL Server 2012 and check in to the RockSolid SQL booth for detailed product information and current offers.

More than 40 subsidiaries and 27 global Microsoft partners will be participating in the virtual launch of SQL Server 2012.

The worldwide VLE platform will go live on March 7, 2012 @8am PST. The launch will kick-off with keynote speeches by Microsoft executives. Thereafter the sessions and expo hall will be unlocked and be available to customers. The world-wide platform will launch again at 4pm PST for APAC and 12am for EMEA.

The Global partners will be featured in the global expo hall where users can check-in to partner booths and view their content and offers. All local partners will be featured in the local expo hall which can easily be found clicking the navigation arrows at the top of the screen.

The virtual launch will be live from March 7 until June 7, 2012.

To register for this event:

www.sqlserverlaunch.com

SQL Server to discontinue support for OLE-DB

ODBC was first created in 1992 as a generic set of standards for providing access to a wide range of data platforms using a standard interface.  ODBC used to be a common interface for accessing SQL Server data in earlier days.  However over the last 15 years ODBC has been second fiddle as a provider for SQL Server application developers who have usually favoured the platform specific OLE-DB provider and the interface built on top of it such as ADO. [read more]

SEV1 SLA response time improved to 30 minutes

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Previously our SQL Server DBA Out-Task SLAs we have had a targeted SEV1 24x7 response time of 60 minutes.  If you have checked out our SLA Stats page recently you will notice that we are tracking much better than that.  Our average SEV1 response timeframe 24x7 is currently 5 minutes.

We have been noticing this too so we have decided to improve our official target timeframe from 60 minutes to 30 minutes.  This benefit will automatically apply to all customers using RockSolid DBA Out-Task support.  Of course we plan to continue to do much better than that, and this may officially improve again in the future.