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Microsoft To Buy DATAllegro

Source: www.informationweek.com
Michael SchiffAugust 11, 2008
Microsoft (MSFT) to Acquire Datallegro
Author: Michael Schiff, Founder and Principal Analyst, MAS Strategies
- Microsoft's pending acquisition of Datallegro should allow Microsoft to better compete in very large database environments.  - As Microsoft will stop selling Datallegro's data warehouse appliances to new customer until they are integrated with Microsoft SQL Server, it may take a while to see any results.   - Microsoft's acquisition of Datallegro will likely lead to additional...
July 28, 2008
Microsoft buys DATAllegro and leapfrogs Oracle
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Microsoft announced recently that it is buying privately held data warehouse appliance vendor DATAllegro.  This is big news, for a number of reasons. 1. The MPP-versus-shared-everything argument for data warehouse DBMS is over.  MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) has won. 2. Oracle, the only remaining holdout on the shared-everything side, will have to capitulate soon, presumably via an...
July 28, 2008
Microsoft Gets Serious About Business Intelligence
Author: Paul Massie, Sr. Director of IT and Facilities, Genesis Microchip Inc.
Microsoft’s acquisition of DATAllegro should put to rest any skepticism on whether Microsoft is serious about the data warehouse and Business Intelligence (BI) market.  They have been progressively moving more into BI and data warehouses for several years, but have focused on the low-end BI user.  Now they’re going after the high-end market as well via an appliance. 

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