I been trying to determine what are some good reasons for what drives people to SQL Server 2008.  Isn't 2005 just running fine?  Do I really need to move to SQL Server 2008?  Does Encryption lead me to test drive SQL Server 2008?  

Here is an article that comes up with some reasons why small and medium size business should make the switch:
http://viewer.media.bitpipe.com/1182112995_571/1258754294_716/SQL-Strategies.pdf

What do you think are good reasons to move to SQL Server 2008?

If you take the 70-113 exam before Dec 17, 2008 and you are one of the first 3000 people to take the exam you will get three free exam vouchers.  Read more about the offer here: http://blogs.technet.com/betaexams/archive/2008/10/27/registration-for-pilot-70-113-extended-until-december-17th.aspx

Happy Testing,
Greg

More stuff related to SQL Server 2008. At Tech*Ed 2008 Developer last week they announced the immediate availability of the first public CTP of the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR. You can read more about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/gertd/archive/2008/06/03/vsts-2008-database-edition-gdr-june-ctp.aspx

Over the last few months Microsoft has been having many different launch events worldwide for their 2008 products: Visual Studio 2008, Windows 2008, and SQL Server 2008. I had the opportunity to attend one of these launch events Being a SQL Server DBA I attended the Data track of their rollout. In this track they discuss all the new features that are being incorporated into SQL Server 2008. What this presentation missed was discussion related to the different editions available with SQL Server 2008, and which features where available by edition To me it seems like a lot of the cool new features all seem to be implemented in the Enterprise edition. But there are still a number of exciting new features in the other editions as well. Here are some links you can use to compare the features by edition.

Compare the Enterprise and Standard Edition: