Microsoft SQL Server Workgroup 2008 Edition inc 5 CAL A5K-02337
product description
SQL Server 2008 delivers on Microsoft's Data Platform vision by helping your organization manage any data, any place, any time. It enables you to store data from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents, such as images and music, directly within the database. SQL Server 2008 delivers a rich set of integrated services that enable you to do more with your data such as query, search, synchronize, report, and analyze. Your data can be stored and accessed in your largest servers within the data center all the way down to desktops and mobile devices, enabling you to have control over your data no matter where it is stored.
SQL Server 2008 enables you to consume your data within custom applications developed using Microsoft .NET and Visual Studio and within your service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process through Microsoft BizTalk Server while information workers can access data directly in the tools they use every day, such as the 2007 Microsoft Office system. SQL Server 2008 delivers a trusted, productive, and intelligent data platform for all your data needs.
SQL Server 2008 Workgroup is a reliable data management and reporting platform that delivers secure, remote synchronization and management capabilities for running branch applications. It includes the core database features of the SQL Server product line and is easy to upgrade to Standard or Enterprise.
- Reliable
- Cost effective, secure, and reliable database that runs your business applications.
- Easy to Use
- Easy to manage and install database, enabling your business to be more productive.
- Embedded Reporting
- Built-in reporting delivered to any user, enabling better, faster decision-making.
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 New Features:
- Trusted - Run your most mission-critical applications on a highly secure, reliable, and scalable platform.
- Protect Your Data - Dynamically encrypt your valuable data within an entire database, data Files, or log files, without the need for application changes. Simplify increasing regulatory compliance by using the advanced data auditing abilities of SQL Server 2008.
- Ensure Business Continuity - Seamlessly increase the reliability of applications with Database Mirroring. Simplify the recovery of applications from storage failures. Transfer operational data between the active operational systems and backup systems. Add system resources, like CPU and memory, without affecting applications.
- Provide Predictable Response - Ensure consistent performance by using Resource Governor to define resource limits and priorities for different workloads and enable consistent performance. Reduce your storage costs and improve performance of large I/O bound workloads by using data compression.
- Productive - Reduce the cost of managing your data infrastructure while streamlining development of data applications.
- Spend Less Time on Operations - Manage your enterprise data infrastructure easily with Policy-Based Management.Reduce the time spent on daily maintenance operations by defining a common set of policies for most database operations like query optimizations, naming conventions, backup and restore operations, and index management. Apply policies to many servers for consistent management across the enterprise.
- Accelerate Development - Access data by defining business entities instead of tables and columns with the ADO.NET Entity Framework. Query and retrieve these entities natively within any .NET language with Language Integrated Query (LINQ). Enable developers to work with the logical entity model, and administrators to define the physical implementation of the model as tables and columns.
- Access Your Data from Anywhere - Create flexible, occasionally connected applications that can function when disconnected from the network. Create a next generation of applications that can work on a local data store and automatically synchronize the local store with a central store when a connection is available.
- Store and Consume Any Type of Data - Use the new FILESTREAM data type to manage unstructured data such as documents and images outside the database. Store XML efficiently and enable easy access with XQuery. Improve the handling of temporal data by using new date and time data types.
- Deliver Location Intelligence - Consume, use, and extend location-based data through spatial-enabled applications. Build location-aware applications by using new spatial data capabilities in SQL Server 2008.
- Intelligent - Drive business intelligence throughout your organization, manage reports and analysis of any size or complexity, and empower users by providing powerful visualization and integration with the Microsoft Office system.
- Integrate Any Data - Scale and manage large numbers of users and data with improved query performance on large tables. Optimize queries for data warehousing scenarios, and increase I/O performance with efficient and cost effective data storage. Integrate growing volumes of data from disparate systems with the scalable data integration features of Integration Services. Consolidate real-time data into the data warehouse with Change Data Capture functionality.
- Deliver Relevant Information - Empower users to answer complex questions by providing the relevant information through reports with powerful visualizations and rendered in Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Office Excel 2007. Enable users to create complex reports and share them internally and externally with customers and partners.
- Drive Actionable Insight - Provide a consistent set of key performance indicators (KPIs) and business metrics to all users by using the comprehensive and scalable analysis platform of SQL Server Analysis Services that has intuitive access through Office Excel 2007. Integrated Data Mining enables predictive analysis so you can investigate common issues like forecasting and identifying key influencers for decisions. Develop scalable analysis models with enhanced designers that incorporate best practices into the design experience. Increase the scale and performance of analysis by using enhanced analytical capabilities and complex computations and aggregations.
Specifications / System Requirements
| Version | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English (International) |
| Distribution Media | DVD-ROM |
| Package Type | Retail Boxed Package |
| Licence Pricing | Standard |
| Licence Type | Complete Package |
| Licence Quantity | 1 Server, 5 CAL |
| System Requirements: | |
| Operating System | Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Pro, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 |
| Min CPU | 1 GHz Processor or higher |
| Min HDD | 2.2 GB |
| Min RAM | 512 MB (2 GB recommended) |
| Peripheral Devices | CD- or DVD-ROM drive |
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Workgroup Edition inc 5 CAL
This is an open box version of SQL 2008 Workgroup as seen in the photo in as new condition.
Please note we have 1 unit with origin USA, hence the listing is for USA & Canada as well, please note only 1 unit can be sent to these countries any order for additional units will be cancelled due to licensing restrictions
Globe Computing Ltd is now an established computer saoftware reseller started by an experienced IT team, we have now been in this sector for many year's and decided to create this company for a more focused approach to providing our customer's with the best possible software information and support from our extensive experience, most specifically with Microsoft products, we know how confusing licensing can be and we offer full support and licensing advice to the best of our ability, we are now 3 years old and have sold over £1,500,000 software since we started back in 2012, which as a small company we are very proud of and we would like to thank our long term customers who keep coming back to us time and again.
We offer the latest brand new software products along with some old classic and extreme niche business software products which may be near impossible to find elsewhere at competitive prices often below trade and on top of all that we also offer excellent customer service with an ever expanding knowledge of our product range so as to help our customer make an informed decision even if that means suggesting products that we cannot ourselves supply, we do whats best for our clients.
Globe Computing Ltd is predominantly a mail order company however we do also have physical offices in Kent where you may on occasion be able to arrange collection or certainly a meet if you require something urgently and live locally.
We have various shipping and collection locations Worldwide including, Londonn (UK), Ashford (UK), Hawthorne CA (USA) and Hong Kong (China) so we can supply country restricted licenses and software to nearly any region from the locations within licensing terms of various software companies.
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Items paid for before 3pm GMT Mon-Fri will usually be dispatched the same day.
If you require your item urgently we do suggest you contact us to confirm Next Day shipping is available.
Mainland UK and NI shipping:
Software & computer licenses will be shipped out using Royal Mail 1st Class Recorded or Royal Mail Special Delivery and heavier items will be shipped out using DHL Express.
International Shipping:
EU: Computer licenses and software are shipped using Royal Mail International Signed For which usually takes around 3-7 days or we do also offer shipped via DHL which takes around 2-5 days.
USA & Canada: Computer licenses and software are shipped using Royal Mail International Signed For as standard which usually takes 5-10 days, we do also offer DHL Document Express or DHL Worldwide Express which should take between 2-5 days.
World: Computer licenses and software are shipped using Royal Mail International Signed For as standard which usually takes 7-14 days, we do also offer DHL Document Express or DHL Worldwide Express which should take between 2-5 days, there will be an additional charge for this.
Damage to all items should be reported within 14 days of receipt.
We understand that at times the wrong item/s may have been ordered and as such you may, for one reason or another, wish to return the item/s for a refund, this acceptable but only if you meet the below criteria which is put in place to protect both buyer and seller.
On the very rare occasion there could be a manufacturing problem with software please call or email us and we'll arrange for replacement media to be shipped out, please note that software cannot be returned for as a refund once open, this is due to the product key being visible and once used the item cannot then be resold.
All our return policy's comply with EU CCR's
We accept returns on items provided under the following circumstances.
1. We are informed via email prior to returning the item and have confirmed return information.
2. The software is still sealed and has not been tampered with and does not have a visible product key.
3. The item is in exactly the same condition it was sent in and all contents intact.
4. The item sent was significantly different than as described or proven to be fault.
5. Courier damage, photo's will be required.
We will NOT accept returns for the following:
1. Items were sent as new and sealed but have since been open by the buyer, if you return items in open condition they will be sent back to you.
2. Software sold as used or opened (unless faulty) due to the product key be visible and thereforee it could have been copied or used.
3. OEM licensed software where the product key can be seen on the outer packaging.
4. You are a business and have made an error in purchasing (distance selling regulations do not apply for business to business sales).
Items that qualify for refund as stated above are covered by a 14 day money back guarantee which applies from the date you receive the item and in cases where it is established that we are responsible for the return we will pay back the full postage and packaging costs.
All returned items should be returned via signed for service mailing service, we will not be held responsible for any returned item lost in the mail so it essential you seek to insure the real value of the item upon return
If the above conditions are met we will process your refund within 7 days, please allow time for the funds to show on your card as this can also take a few days.
