Microsoft gave audience attendees at the 2nd annual Microsoft Business Intelligence conference a sneak preview of its forthcoming SQL Server this week, code named “Kilimanjaro.” It was an appropriate venue for its debut, given its increased emphasis on BI. New functional areas of emphasis in the server match Microsoft’s vision for BI, which is to make it pervasive throughout the enterprise, Fausto Ibarra, director of product management for SQL Server, told CRM Buyer.
