The “2008 Global Launch Wave” was announced by Kevin Turner at yesterdays Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver.

What is this? well February 27 2008 will herald the release of a number of new Microsoft products at an event in Los Angeles. These will include:

• Windows Server 2008 - currently in beta 3 testing

• Visual Studio 2008 – code-named “Orcas” currently in beta 1

• SQL Server 2008. - code-named “Katmai”, currently at the Community Technology Preview (CTP) stage

Marking this date as one of the most important in Microsoft’s history Click Here for more information