During a community address at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Community Summit, Microsoft Corp.’s Ted Kummert, senior vice president of the Business Platform Division, announced the upcoming delivery of the November community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. Microsoft also announced two new editions providing a high level of scalable solutions: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Datacenter and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse (formerly project code-named “Madison”). To help customers continue to realize greater value with SQL Server 2008, Kummert also noted that Microsoft is delivering data warehouse appliances with multiple hardware partners, announcing IBM Corp. as the newest partner. IBM will offer three hardware configurations as a part of SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse 2.0. HP, Bull and Dell Inc. also announced new configurations for version 2.0.