http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Articles tagged SQL Server 2008, Performance Tuning posted on SQLServerCentral.comen-us360sjones@sqlservercentral.com (Steve Jones)Some reasons for the slow-running of database applications aren't obvious. Occasionally, even the profiler won't tell you enough to remedy a problem, especially when a SQL Statement is being forced to wait. Now, in SQL Server 2008, come XEvents, which allow you to look at those waits that are slowing your SQL Statements. Mario Broodbakker continues his series about SQL Server Wait Eventshttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/64006/2008/08/20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/64006/SQL 2008 has some key improvements over SQL 2005. This article deals with backup compression and faster backups in SQL 2008http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Compression/62746/2008/05/05http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Compression/62746/