Microsoft brings next generation data management to Bahrain with launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2005

The launch event at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers taught developers, IT professionals and business decision-makers how Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 allows them to better connect people, business processes and information, and make superior decisions more quickly and efficiently.

"The demands of Microsoft's customers are changing, which gives us the opportunity to deliver a platform that enables people to add more value, gain greater insight and play an even bigger role in the success of their organizations," said Samir Benmakhlouf, Country Manager for Microsoft in Bahrain. "Today's launch, developed through a collaborative process with our customers and partners, delivers a set of new platform capabilities that offer an unprecedented level of integration between the server infrastructure and development tools, ultimately giving people software to help impact business results in a more tangible way."

Today's advancements - Microsoft's SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 - provide developers and IT professionals with a dependable application platform that has underlying support for Web services and service orientation capabilities.

Furthering Microsoft's move to more role-specific software, today's event highlighted the expanded set of product offerings designed to meet the unique requirements of target audiences that span from hobbyists and students, through professional developers and IT professionals, to enterprise architects and development teams.

Microsoft highlighted the deep integration of Visual Studio Team System with SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006, and demonstrated how these products together help break down the barriers between the architect, tester, developer and project manager to enable better collaboration across distributed environments and speed business-driven software delivery.

Benmakhlouf concluded,

"We are offering a range of services that expand on these products and will enable our customers to connect the information across their business so their people can gain deeper insights and obtain faster results."

Microsoft also announced several new benchmark results that demonstrate the performance gains that can be made using SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. The validation from these benchmarks enables customers to better understand the real world scenarios that are supported by these products.