Katmai is a Microsoft codename assigned to the next version of its Relational database management system, Microsoft SQL Server. The release date is unknown and very few details about the product are known. Interviews with Microsoft executives, however, hint that there is a move towards "unstructured data". Furthermore, Microsoft has hinted that WinFS, the future file system for Windows, would no longer exist as a separate product offering, but many of its features would be rolled into Katmai. Katmai and other subsequent releases of SQL Server will be essential to Microsoft's Data Platform Vision, a campaign targeted at fully integrating disparate, yet related, types of data.
Known Feature Overview
Unstructured Data - Support beyond text, numbers, and XML; images, music, etc.
Integration into Windows - Because WinFS has been integrated into SQL server, it has been hinted that Katmai will be integrated into a future release of Windows as well.
External links
[1] - Interview with Microsoft's Flessner.
[2] - WinFS Team Blog about WinFS rollup into Katmai and other various products.
[3] - Data Platform Vision
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