My first thought on learning of Microsoft's plan to acquire DW appliance vendor DATAllegro is that MS is buying the wrong company. Yes, DATAllegro's parallelized database technology will fill a big gap in Microsoft's DW product line, namely that SQL Server doesn't scale to the top end, but the technology isn't compatible and will take years to build into SQL Server. I'd think it's Dataupia that would, without disruption, close the gap. No, this deal is about gutting DATAllegro. Look at the details —
Drawing from DATAllegro's FAQ on the deal:
ia? The company's Satori database-accelerator appliance already, today, works to scale SQL Server and DB2 and Oracle mixed-workload

REDMOND, Wash.--Amid its analyst meeting, Microsoft on Thursday announced a small acquisition, scooping up Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Datallegro, a data warehousing firm. Financial details were not disclosed.
Speaking at the meeting, server and tools unit head Bob Muglia said that the acquisition will help the company reach the highest-end enterprise data stores, even reaching higher than Oracle can get today.
livering an appliance-based SQL Server solution for DW and business intelligence."

By Elizabeth Montalbano , IDG News Service , 07/24/2008 Microsoft continues its shopping spree to bolster its SQL Server database platform to make it more

(RTTNews) - Thursday, Software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT: News, Chart, Quote ) said it intends to acquire DATAllegro Inc., a provider of breakthrough data

By Sarah Tolkoff Aliso Viejo’s Datallegro Inc., a reseller of servers loaded with its database software, is set to be bought by Microsoft Corp.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to buy DATAllegro, the two companies said on Thursday.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed in their statement.
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By Eric Lai July 24, 2008 - Microsoft Corp. said today it will buy data warehouse appliance maker DATAllegro Inc., a move that one analyst said should help the software maker gain a technical edge over market leader Oracle Corp. in the high-performance business intelligence market.
Financial terms were not disclosed. Microsoft said it will integrate DATAllegro's technology into its SQL Server database, for which a new version, SQL Server 2008, is expected in several months.
sco and Bull)," he wrote. It also greatly boosts Microsoft, which was a "relative laggard" in the growing data warehousing appliance market, he said.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it intends to acquire DATAllegro Inc., a provider of breakthrough data warehouse appliances. The acquisition will extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission-critical data platform, making it easier and more cost-effective for customers of all sizes to manage and glean insight from the ever-expanding amount of data generated by and for businesses, employees and consumers.
"DATAllegro is a tremendously innovative company that has started to redefine the data warehouse market," said Ted Kummert, corporate vice president of the Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft. "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 delivers enterprise-class capabilities