Description: With SQL Server 2016, Microsoft focuses on speed, security and luring customers away from Oracle

Source: Tech Crunch

Date: March 10, 2016

The SQL Server 2016 can’t just encrypt data at rest but also query it without having to decrypt it, using a relatively new cryptographic technique called “homeomorphic encryption.”

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Questions for discussion:

1. Is the new type of encryption that Microsoft is pushing incentive enough for Oracle users to migrate?

2. What downfalls could there be when all storage is done in the cloud?