WordPress.com — Get a Free Blog Here. Open source. Augmented Reality. TechVideos. MySpace Answers the Question: Why SQL Server? Three MySpace executives met with SQL Server Magazine to provide a candid look at their decision to use SQL Server for MySpace’s enterprise database platform and how the implementation has unfolded over time. SQL Server Magazine Technical Director Michael Otey, and Editors Sheila Molnar and Jeff James interviewed the leaders who spearhead the MySpace data effort—Hala Al-Adwan, vice president for data, Christa Stelzmuller, chief data architect, and George Tevelde, director of database administration—about how they chose SQL Server for rapid development, what it’s like to run a massive SQL Server implementation, and what tips and techniques they can pass along to organizations of any size. SQL Server Magazine: We’re interested in how MySpace made the decision to go with SQL Server over other enterprise database platforms.
Al-Adwan: I always get asked, "Why SQL Server? "