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  • NoSQL joins SQL in FoundationDB purchase of Akiban

    Database software vendor FoundationDB has acquired Akiban, another purveyor of database software, in a move to develop a hybrid data-store application capable of storing both SQL and non-SQL data.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 18 July 13 17:40

  • Oracle ups memory, storage of Exalytics analytics appliance

    Oracle is introducing a new generation of its Exalytics appliance for high-speed data analysis that comes with a slightly higher price tag but major increases in memory and storage capacity.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 15 July 13 12:47

  • Splunk woos Hadoop users

    The need by corporate IT operations to enable easier interaction with massive -- and fast growing -- data sets in Hadoop environments is driving a flurry of vendor activity.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan • 01 July 13 18:11

  • Oracle to charge extra for 12c database's 'fundamental' feature

    For the better part of a year, Oracle has touted the "pluggable database" feature in its upcoming 12c database release as a significant architectural shift that will usher in major performance and efficiency improvements and also make cloud-based applications more secure.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 21 June 13 20:05

  • Oracle, Microsoft to announce new partnership Monday

    Microsoft and Oracle are set to reveal details of a new partnership on Monday, one of a "startling series" of announcements Oracle CEO Larry Ellison promised next week around the Oracle Database 12c.

    Written by John Ribeiro • 21 June 13 03:53

  • Google puts $7M into fighting child porn, abuse

    Google said it's spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them.

    Written by Sharon Gaudin • 18 June 13 17:34

  • IBM remolds DB2 10.5 as a Hadoop killer

    In the new update of DB2, released Friday, IBM has added a set of acceleration technologies, collectively code-named BLU, that promise to make the venerable database management system (DBMS) better suited for running large in-memory data analysis jobs.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 14 June 13 16:53

  • SAP at work on Sentinel, an 'Amazon for Stocks'

    SAP is at work on a new product called Sentinel that is supposed to be "nothing less than the Amazon for Stocks and the Facebook for Investors," according to a job posting associated with the project.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 06 June 13 20:19

  • Red Hat packages newer versions of Ruby, Python

    Red Hat has put out a beta release of Software Collections 1.0, in a bid to let developers use newer versions of languages such as Ruby and Python with support.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs • 06 June 13 11:46

  • SQL Server 2014 hastens transaction processing

    The next version of Microsoft's relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 05 June 13 13:56

  • IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics

    Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 23 May 13 20:34

  • SAP builds out HANA platform and ecosystem

    Anyone remotely within the orbit of SAP lately knows that its number-one focus is the HANA in-memory database and development platform. At this week's Sapphire conference in Orlando, the vendor sought to show the progress it is making in both building out HANA's capabilities as well as attracting developers and partners to HANA.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 16 May 13 18:35
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