Global software house Microsoft is making big data the focus of SQL Server 2019, set for release later this year. A key part is data virtualisation, eliminating complex ETL processes.

Microsoft first truly disrupted the ETL marketplace with the introduction of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) back with the release of SQL Server 2005. Microsoft has upped the ante yet again by ...

SQL is not confined to the traditional relational database systems (RDBMS) and data warehousing solutions. SQL-on-Hadoop engines run on top of distributed file systems to help process big data and ...

The SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the data-warehousing arm of the SQL Server 2008 R2 suite -- equipped with superior Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) capabilities.

Learn the key differences between data integration and ETL in this guide, which provides their side-by-side comparison.

What are the main differences between ETL and ELT? Use our guide to compare ETL and ELT, including their processes, benefits and drawbacks.

Data analytics company, Hadapt, known for its data platform which merges SQL directly into Apache Hadoop, introduced a new “Schemaless SQL” addition to their technology portfolio which they say can be ...