Microsoft SQL Server stories

Routine admin tools, not exotic exploits, let attackers race across networks, compromising over half of systems in under an hour.

Lateral movement now eclipses zero-day exploits as the top cyber risk, Zero Networks warns, with attacks able to hit 60% of systems in an hour.

TransLogic launches MYtranslogic cloud platform to let hospitals monitor pneumatic tube systems remotely and cut service interruptions.

AMD’s EPYC chips win wider deployment at AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle as cloud providers ramp AI, HPC and database workloads.

Devart’s dbForge 2025.3 brings an AI Assistant to SQL Complete in SSMS, alongside Visual Studio 2026 and latest database engine support.

Outdated, inaccurate and duplicate records are crippling data-driven decisions, but simple verification and cleansing tools can reverse the damage.

LangGrant launches LEDGE MCP Server to let enterprises run LLM analytics on governed databases without exposing raw operational data.

Sentra launches on-premises AI-powered data scanning to enhance security and classification for hybrid and private environments, unifying cloud and local data protection.

Varonis launches a cloud-native, agentless database activity monitoring solution to enhance security and simplify compliance across major database platforms.

Neo4j launches Aura Graph Analytics, a serverless, no-ETL graph analytics solution that boosts AI insights by up to 80%, available on a pay-as-you-use basis.

NetApp launches new data security features including post-quantum cryptography and enhanced ransomware protection to improve cyber resilience for customers.

Tessell has launched a new database-as-a-service platform aimed at offering substantial cost savings and enhanced performance compared to Amazon RDS.

Tessell has been honoured in the 2024 InfraRed 100 report by Redpoint Ventures, recognising it as a future leader in cloud infrastructure.

Action1's 2024 Software Vulnerability Ratings Report provides CISOs and CIOs with key insights amid NVD delays, highlighting rising exploit rates and the critical need for timely data sharing.

SolarWinds enhances Plan Explorer, a tool in query performance analysis for Microsoft SQL Server, with updated features optimising query performance and simplifying deadlock investigation.

Microsoft Azure Stack and Microsoft SQL Server have been integrated into Hewlett Packard’s HPE GreenLake platform.

One Identity has announced its One Identity Safeguard solution now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2019 database environments.

Also enhances Oracle and SQL database migration capabilities and adds integration with ServiceNow SaaS platform.

A modern Internet age with globally-distributed applications that must be fault-tolerant and scalable demands a high-concurrency, low-latency database model.

Unlike a typical data lake, there is no need to move data from where it lives when using data virtualisation, and this is a huge advantage over traditional ETL.