Microsoft 'Yukon' beta version to debut in India soon

Microsoft Corporation is working towards the beta-one release of its 'futuristic' SQL server product in the Indian sub-continent. Christened 'Yukon', the product is designed to help enterprises address data challenges related to application availability, security and reliability.

"Nine of our Indian partners are already working with us to drive applications on Yukon. We will releas the public beta for the product by January-end. However, the final release of this product would be sometime in October 2004," informs Microsoft's Product Marketing Manager Tarun
Malik.

Developed at Microsoft's Redmond based facility, the product is already being used by five of the company's most valued customers worldwide. "This product will drive data in data warehousing and business intelligence (BI). At present Yukon is being used by two US-based customers, two European customers and one Asian customer. We are quite positive about their response and we are sure that the product will drive the market to new heights," he adds.

Emphasizing the importance of mid-tier market for BI, Malik says that this market is increasingly becoming significant and Microsoft as a company will be focussing heavily to address this segment. "We already have 20 independent software vendors catering to the mid-tier market segment. We will increase this figure as the market expands," he explains.

BI as a concept includes software applications, technologies and analytical methodologies that perform data analysis. Segments like telecom, BFSI, retail and manufacturing are all set to drive the growth for BI within the country. 

(CyberMedia News Service)