The next version of Microsoft SQL Server, code-named "Yukon," will have a completely rebuilt engine for extraction, transformation and loading of data from one source to another -- a key element of data warehousing and business intelligence operations.
Data Transformation Services (DTS), Microsoft's name for its ETL technology, entered the SQL Server product line with SQL Server 7.0 in 1998 and was incrementally improved in SQL Server 2000.
"We are investing heavily in ETL tools inside of Yukon. We want to ship all the different [Business Intelligence] pieces that customers need, which includes enterprise ETL in the Yukon box," said Tom Rizzo, director of product marketing for SQL Server.
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