Ars Technica

SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP arrives on MSDN and TechNet

In May 2009, Microsoft announced that a CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2 (formerly codenamed Kilimanjaro) would be available in the second half of 2009, and today it has arrived. The final version is ...
iThinkDifferent

SQL Server 2008 R2 Evaluation August CTP released to MSDN/TechNet subscribers

Microsoft has released the first evaluation build of SQL Server 2008 R2 Evaluation August CTP (quiet a handful isn’t it? Why not just call it SQL Server 2008 R2 Beta ?) to MSDN and TechNet subscribers ...
Ars Technica

SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP arrives on MSDN and TechNet

The SMP scaleup is presumably just exploiting new functionality of Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2. Both the kernel changes to allow more than 64 processors and the heroic work on reducing lock ...