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• OCZ aims to improve SQL Server performance with new acceleration card

  OCZ Technology has started offering to beta testers is ZD-XL SQL Accelerator, a card that uses solid state drive (SSD) storage to improve the performance of SQL Server databases.

• FoundationDB aims to consolidate NoSQL

  In an effort to combine the best of two database technologies, startup FoundationDB has launched a new data store that it claims can offer the reliability of transactional databases and the scalability and speed of NoSQL.

• Oracle adds virtualsation, faster performance to Database Appliance for SMBs

  Oracle has rolled out version X3-2 of its Database Appliance for small and medium-sized businesses that it says delivers up to twice the speed and more than four times as much storage as the first edition, which was launched in 2011.

• Hortonworks brings Hadoop to Windows

  Hortonworks is bringing the popular open-source Apache Hadoop data processing platform to Microsoft shops.

• Open Source 'Lingual' Helps SQL Devs Unlock Hadoop

  One commonly cited stumbling block to the broader adoption of Apache Hadoop in the enterprise is the difficulty and expense of finding and hiring developers who understand and can think in Hadoop MapReduce. But Big Data application framework specialist Concurrent wants to change that.

• SAP looks to score points for its HANA database through new NBA statisics site

  SAP is hoping to nail a slam dunk for its HANA in-memory platform through a partnership with the National Basketball Association on a new HANA-powered statistics website.

• Oracle to simplify database clones and snapshots with Snap utility

  Oracle database users can now create snapshots and clones of the company's databases on a Sun ZFS Storage Appliance in one step, which should simplify both storage management and internal development in enterprises.

• Amazon lets users track their cloud-based databases with texts, email

  Users of Amazon Web Services' Relational Database Service (RDS) can now keep track of their databases with new notifications via email and SMS.

• MySQL 5.6 tackles NoSQL competitors

  With MySQL 5.6, released Tuesday, Oracle has updated the open-source database to make it more competitive with NoSQL data stores such as MariaDB or Cassandra.

• Oracle database 12c close to general release, sources say

  The general availability of Oracle's long-awaited, next-generation 12c database will likely occur within weeks or possibly even days, the IDG News Service has learned.

• Long-desired Java feature misses deadlines, won't make it into Java EE 7

  Java EE (Enterprise Edition) programmers will have to wait a bit longer before they can use JCache, a long-desired standard caching API (application programming interface) for the language, as its development has missed "critical deadlines" and will not be included in the upcoming Java EE 7.

• Salesforce.com 'aggressively investigating' database error

  Salesforce.com is "aggressively investigating" a database software error that led to temporary performance problems in part of its infrastructure.

• VoltDB expands into Web operations

  Responding to a growing user base of online service providers, VoltDB has outfitted its namesake in-memory database management system with additional tools to communicate with other technologies usually found in a Web applications stack.

• NuoDB launches new cloud-friendly database

  Startup NuoDB is hoping to position itself as having the ideal database for the post-cloud world, now that its Cloud Data Management System is generally available.

• Oracle to release 86 security patches, including 18 for MySQL

  Oracle is preparing to ship 86 patches covering security vulnerabilities in a wide span of its products, with 18 of the fixes aimed at the MySQL database alone.