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If network managers needed any proof that their world is becoming more mobile, they need look no further than a recently held Microsoft SQL Server users' conference.
Held earlier this month in Denver, The PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) North America Users' Conference brought together about 2,000 of the group's 15,000 members to talk SQL shop and learn from Microsoft what to expect in the months ahead from the database offering.
The bulk of the show's buzz centred around an upcoming version of SQL Server known as Yukon. Aside from offering improvements on such traditional database fronts as programmability and integration with Intel Corp. chip platforms, one of the key new features will centre around mobile devices and allowing users to access SQL data on them.
During his show-opening keynote address, Microsoft Vice-President, SQL Server Team Gord Mangione said his company is looking at how it can take the technology it has today and "make it...