SQL Server is going to cost a minimum of $12k (you can't buy fewer than 4 core licenses, no matter how few virtual cores you use). $6k for a VM host + labor isn't unreasonable.

With new R2 licensing, costs go up and unlimited virtualization rights on SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition go away ...

Microsoft's SQL Server is something many developers rely on for business processing tasks even though the product has limitations. DH2i's application virtualization technology is designed reduce ...

A new report from research firm GigaOm indicated that SQL Server runs faster on virtual machines on Micrososft's Azure cloud than on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) compute instances (EC2). Sponsored by ...

Perhaps, the most notable improvement in the mix is the integration of SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups in Windows Azure Infrastructure Services for disaster recovery and high availability ...

In addition, Microsoft announced that it is expanding virtualization use rights to allow unlimited virtual instances on servers that are fully licensed for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.

If you haven't been paying a lot of attention, you might have missed the rise of a new form of virtualization, based at the operating system level, called 'containers.' While there are many specific ...

Idera, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of management and administration solutions for Microsoft SQL Server, recently announced SQL virtual database, a new product for accessing ...

Look out, mid-market IT shops looking to use Microsoft's new Essential Business Server 2008 in an enterprise filled with virtual servers: Some old, resource-hogging apps, Exchange and SQL Server ...