SQL Server 2016:

Everything built in
In-memory
across all workloads

An Industry Leader

2015 Magic Quadrant

for Operational
Database
Management
Systems*

Most secure
Highest performing
data warehouse

6 years in a row
least vulnerable
80
69

70
60

#1 performance

49

50

43

40

34
29

30

22

20
SQL Server

SQL Server

2nd

1st

3rd

6
0

2010

2011

SQL Server

Oracle
is 4th

TPC-H non-clustered 10 TB

In-database
Advanced Analytics

2012
Oracle

2013

2014

MySQL2

22

18

15

10

SQL Server

20

2015

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Highest performing: TPC-H non-clustered results as of 04/06/15, 5/04/15, 4/15/14 and 11/25/13, respectively.
http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_perf_results.asp?resulttype=noncluster
Most secure: National Institute of Standards and Technology Comprehensive Vulnerability Database update 10/2015