It's been almost 4 years since SQL Server 2000 hit the street. With it, Microsoft unleashed a powerful but often underutilized toolset. Think for a moment about your own organization. Are you doing anything more creative with your SQL Server software than running an occasional backup and letting your applications do the basic reading and writing of data? Microsoft is projecting a mid-2005 release for SQL Server's next major revision, SQL Server 2005. This delay, combined with the traditional lag...