Microsoft SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 ConsultantsMicrosoft SQL Server 2008 is designed to be a world-class relational database management system that offers advanced fault tolerance, security, responsiveness, expandability, ease of administration, and business intelligence. Powerful features built into MS SQL Server 2008 include application-independent encryption for preserving confidentiality, better database mirroring and live processor plug in for non-stop operation, enhanced audit capability for improved compliance, Policy-Based Framework to minimize management costs, consistent synchronization to accommodate occasionally connected workers, more comprehensive report generation through better interaction with Office Word, Excel, and SharePoint, and built-in support for full-text search to improve speed and simplify management.

MS SQL 2008 is available in versions that address the needs of businesses from small to global for quick ROI. The Enterprise edition is intended for high-end scenarios such as online transaction processing or advanced analytics. The Standard edition is engineered for small companies or departments looking for a cost-effective database solution for online transaction processing or business intelligence. SQL Server 2008 Workgroup provides protected and dependable online synchronization and management functions for remote applications.

Progent's Microsoft-Premier SQL Server consultants offer a range of support services to assist businesses of all sizes to design, implement, manage, and repair MS SQL 2008 systems in order to receive the maximum business advantage from this state-of-the-art relational database platform. In addition, Progent offers assistance with system infrastructure, enterprise-wide protection, and custom software programming to optimize the business advantage of your SQL Server 2008 network. Progent can also assist you to evaluate the pitfalls and benefits of migrating from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2012, and can assist you to design and carry out an efficient transition.

Enhancements to Microsoft SQL 2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 offers significant enhancements in critical categories including security, reliability, manageability, functionality, reporting, scalability, and speed.
  • Protection
    Microsoft SQL Server 2008 offers transparent data encryption of entire databases, files, or log files. This guards confidential data without the need of reprogramming applications. Improved mechanisms for defining and managing database audits enable businesses to adhere to regulatory mandates.
  • Fault-tolerance
    Microsoft's high-availability technology is engineered to provide minimal downtime by improved fault-tolerance, non-intrusive reconfiguration, and quicker restoration after an unexpected failure. Advanced clustering mitigates the effect of disk failures, live-add processor support and online replication help avoid scheduled downtime, and backup compression minimizes recovery time.
  • Ease of Administration
    SQL Server 2008 streamlines policy management and monitoring through automated functions in the Policy-Based Management system. This lowers maintenance expenses by enabling managers to automate policy execution. Self tuning and monitoring is supported by SQL Server's Performance Studio. Resource Governor enables companies to control resources for various workloads to deliver consistent performance to users.
  • Capability
    Microsoft SQL 2008 opens the door for the next generation of programs by recognizing multiple classes of structured and semi-structured data like pictures, sound, moving video, date/time, and geographic data. Microsoft's LINQ accelerates application programming by supporting queries from Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.
  • Reporting
    Microsoft SQL 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS) help with report authoring, management, and delivery. SSRS allows companies to design business reports based on a broad range of sources such as relational or XML-based. SQL Server Reports can be accessed via the web, Word and Excel, or a SharePoint Server 2007 site. SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services deliver sophisticated data mining capabilities and new Data Mining Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2007 make business information available at the workstation.
  • Performance and Expandability
    Microsoft SQL 2008 supports 64-bit processors and multi-core and multi-CPU hardware and is able to handle up to eight terabytes of memory. For multi-processor environments, SQL Server 2008 eliminates memory traffic jams by seamlessly handling NUMA-architected computers. By supporting live add-ins of processors and memory, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 allows you to scale a database solution up without bringing the system down. SQL 2008 also permits new database nodes to be added and connected online even during replication activity.

    Microsoft SQL 2008 includes a variety of isolation levels to support higher performance through concurrent transactions without losing data consistency. Speed and scalability are both enhanced by improved data compression, and administrators are given a rich set of tools like SQL Server Analysis Services to track and control performance.

How Progent's Engineers Offer SQL 2008 Support
Progent's Microsoft-qualified consultants can assist your business to choose an edition of MS SQL 2008 suitable for your business needs. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE engineers and Windows Server consultants can assist your business to build a fault-tolerant, high-performance, and protected environment by providing clustering expertise and virtual server support. Progent's SQL engineers can help your business configures Microsoft SQL 2008 properly, and that your SQL-powered data management solution is integrated seamlessly with your applications. Progent can provide 24x7 network monitoring to ensure your corporate information system is always available, and Progent's remote Help Desk is available to provide quick resolutions for SQL-related issues. Progent's certified network protection consultants can evaluate your company-wide security processes and technologies and recommend improvements for better regulatory compliance.

Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can also support high-availability and high-speed backup and restore solutions for MS SQL Server 2008 data via System Center Data Protection Manager. Progent's consultants can assist you to create a practical disaster recovery strategy, implement a cost-effective fault-tolerant IT architecture, deploy a Microsoft DPM-powered backup and restore system for SQL 2008 Server data, thoroughly test your DPM system, educate your IT personnel or regular consultants how to maintain DPM, or handle extensive IT support outsourcing such as off-site hosting of Microsoft Data Protection Manager machines in Progent's secure data center facility. For more information, see Data Protection Manager Consulting.

Microsoft has stated that MS SQL Server 2008 has arrived at end of support (EOS). This could cause serious issues associated with security/compliance, compatibility, and service expense. Progent's certified SQL Server 2008 experts can help your business to design and carry out a cost-effective upgrade from MS SQL Server 2008 to a current version of Microsoft SQL Server and can help your company to understand the business advantages of a Microsoft SQL Server migration. Progent's consultants offer online and on-premises consulting services such as SQL 2019 migration support and Microsoft SQL Server 2017 integration and development consulting.

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