The document discusses Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse, which offers massively scalable data warehousing capabilities. It provides an appliance-based architecture that can scale from tens to hundreds of terabytes in size on industry-standard hardware. The Parallel Data Warehouse uses a hub-and-spoke architecture to integrate traditional SMP data warehousing with new massively parallel processing capabilities. Early testing programs are underway to get customer feedback on the new technology.