Highwire Development is offering a free version of their RAAS product to SQLServerCentral.com members.   Read more...

A new Java based application for searching SQL Server and Sybase databases is available for free from SQLMesh.   Read more...

Software Development Innovations is offering SQLServerCentral.com members a 20% discount on their products with a coupon of "sqlservercentral" used in their cart.  Read more...

SQLMaestro has a new version and is offering a discount to SQLServerCentral.com members.   Read more...

Red Gate Software is releasing a low-cost version of its best-selling SQL Backup tool that makes data protection for small businesses fast and simple.   Read more...

Many of you were thrilled to see intellisense available for SQL Server editors, but there has been a bit of confusion about this product. An open letter from the CEO of Red-Gate Software clears things up.   Read more...

For a limited time Highwire Development is offering free site licenses for their RAAS Workflow Manager. This product can help you control your change processes and manage the workflow involved in deploying new scripts.   Read more...

This article describes the "beta" version of Simple-Talk's SQL formatting tool, SQL Prettifier. It provides links both to try it out online and to download the full source code (members only). Please give us your feedback! We will be offering prizes for any fixes and improvements that make it into "v1". I'd like this to become the de-facto (excuse the pun) tool for presenting code in the Simple-Talk articles, blogs and forums.  Read more...

Version 2 of the great monitoring tool from Pearl Knowledge is now available.   Read more...

Most of the time, it's the simplest tools that have the biggest impact on our lives. If you have a camera and believe, like Leonardo DaVinci, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, then why not enter Red Gate's Ingeniously Simple Tools photo competition... To enter is simple. All you need to do is send us a photo of your favorite, simple tool.  Read more...

With a new version supporting SQL Server 2005, Periscopde for SQL Server is offering a 25% discount for SQLServerCentral.com members. This product helps with performance monitoring.   Read more...

sqlSentry, a leading developer of management solutions for Microsoft SQL Server, today announced that it has released the 64-bit version of its industry-leading scheduling and notification management system for SQL Server 2005, supporting both x64 and Itanium-based systems.   Read more...

A new product has just been released in Beta to help you with source control for your SQL Server development. Beta testers are wanted, so if you're interested, read on.   Read more...

With a new version supporting SQL Server 2005, Periscopde for SQL Server is offering a 25% discount for SQLServerCentral.com members. This product helps with performance monitoring.   Read more...

Newly surfaced Tableau Software aims to revolutionize the acquisition and deployment process with its product suite, Tableau Professional and Standard Editions. To a significant degree, it has succeeded...  Read more...

If you run PowerChute 6.x on any of your servers, be very careful of patching and rebooting them. You might end up with more downtime and problems than you expected.   Read more...

If you live in the US, take a few minutes for this performance survey and you could win an Amazon gift certificate.   Read more...

We periodically negotiate a discount withe vendors for the SQLServerCentral.com readers. We've gotten another one from DBxtra for a Professional license if you're interested in this reporting tool.   Read more...

Have you ever needed to find something in a stored procedure or function and found yourself trying to wade through syscomments? Ever want to know which views reference a table, but you don't trust sysdepends? BDS has released SQL Digger 2.0, a utility designed to help you search through your schema and code to find what you need.   Read more...

As the online news service called NewsScape moves into its sixth year, it exhibits a lot of the characteristics of a child at the same age: It has a huge appetite for information, grows by leaps and bounds each year, and makes those who oversee it wonder if they can maintain control as it gets bigger. It is maintained by "a man and a dog – an aging golden retriever named Sambucus," according to the man, Andrew Clarke.   Read more...