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 centre 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 Standard is a complete data management and business intelligence platform, providing best-in-class ease of use and manageability for running departmental applications.

• Operating systems: -Windows XP Professional with SP2 or later, Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Vista Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Windows Server 2008
• 512MB RAM minimum; 2.048GB RAM or higher recommended
• 1.0GHz Pentium III-compatible processor or faster
• SQL 2008 includes both 64-bit and 32-bit editions