Global software house Microsoft is making big data the focus of SQL Server 2019, set for release later this year. A key part is data virtualisation, eliminating complex ETL processes.

Microsoft first truly disrupted the ETL marketplace with the introduction of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) back with the release of SQL Server 2005. Microsoft has upped the ante yet again by ...

The SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the data-warehousing arm of the SQL Server 2008 R2 suite -- equipped with superior Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) capabilities.