Getting Ahead with Microsoft's Front Runner Program.(of SQL Server 2005)

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What does Microsoft's Front Runner program for SQL Server 2005 mean to channel partners, in concrete terms?

For the first time, Embarcadero Technologies is going to be big in Sao Paolo, big in Asia--big in places it could never reach before with its database management technologies.

For its part, Tenrox is on track to get the next release of its project governance and compliance technology to market a whopping six months sooner than the competition.

"That's what we anticipate," said Randy Urquhart, Tenrox director of alliances and director of product marketing.

"If everybody were to wait for release of 2005 to start analyzing and developing 'database' conversions to go to 2005, it would...

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