With (Memory_Optimized = On; By default, setting the Memory_Optimized option creates a durable table. If you're willing to lose all of your data when SQL Server shuts down you can add a Durability ...

This whitepaper illustrates the SQL Server 2016 business intelligence/data warehouse upgrades, the memory-optimized tables, and the columnstore indexes. We also discuss the performance comparison of ...

Memory Optimized Tables promise significant performance gains, but tend to be difficult to work with. SQL Server 2016 reduces much of the pain by offering ALTER TABLE support.

Microsoft is claiming performance gains when using in-memory OLTP in SQL Server 2014 of about 10 times to 30 times for "new and existing SQL Server apps," according to a datasheet (PDF).

The in-memory Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) capability--formerly known by the codename Hekaton --lets developers boost performance and reduce processing time by declaring tables as "memory ...

SQL Server is a robust and mature product and the number of features available to database administrators and developers continues to mount. Do not let fear of upgrading – to a new version or to a new ...

But SQL Server 2016 will also simplify doing real-time analytics against your live server. "We give you the ability to have real-time analytics on the fully in-memory optimised transaction tables ...