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From eWeek]
Microsoft Corp. plans to whet the appetite of small and midsize businesses for a major update of its SQL Server database--code-named Yukon--with a liberal helping of Yukon-ready applications.
Its main tool is a program the Redmond, Wash., company calls Yukon Ascend, which encourages ISVs to make applications available for use with Yukon.
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