What renders SQL Server unique is that Microsoft has done more than any other vendor to integrate relational database technology with the web.

SQL Server is used in conjunction with other members of the Microsoft product family such as the Internet Information Server (IIS), server-side ActiveX components, and Active Server Pages (ASP). It is now possible to build data access into a standard array of web services, transforming any web browser from a browser of static content into an active client of the rich corporate data sources which make up the heart of your business.

Yes, any web browser: SQL Server solutions liberate the client from platform dependence, since data access and data processing occur at the server, not at the client. Scripts which run at the server dynamically build pages which are displayable by any standard browser.

If you run Windows NT and are interested in the creation of new data sources for the web or the migration of your existing corporate databases to the web -- be it the Internet or your intranet -- then you should consider an SQL Server solution.