Global technology research firm, Gartner has positioned Microsoft as a Leader, for the third year in a row, in the Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems. Microsoft is placed furthest in vision and highest for ability to execute within the Leaders Quadrant.
This follows the release of SQL Server 2014, the cornerstone of Microsoft's data platform, through which it has continued to add more value to what customers are already buying. Innovations like workload optimized in-memory technology, advanced security, high availability for mission critical workloads are built-in instead of requiring expensive add-ons, giving customers flexibility at low costs. For example, customers can now manage both structured and unstructured data through the simplicity of T-SQL rather than requiring a mastery in Hadoop and MapReduce technologies.
Gartner also recognized Microsoft as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms and placed Microsoft as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems - recognizing Microsoft's completeness of vision and ability to execute in the data warehouse market.
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