Facebook’s answer to serving 700TB of graph search data is lots of SSDs
Facebook's decision to include status updates and wall posts in Graph Search could be called great or creepy depending on the user, but it wasn't an inconsequential decision technologically. In fact,…
View ArticleGoogle woos MySQL faithful to its cloud
There are tons of MySQL database aficianados out there who prefer to use standard tools in their cloud work. Google is obliging with new support for native connectors and drivers.
View Article5 predictions on the future of databases (from a guy who knows databases)
Michael Stonebraker has helped create a lot of database systems and has lots of thoughts about where the industry is headed. Oracle, SAP, NoSQL, NewSQL -- they all have a place…
View ArticleSkySQL bundles MariaDB and Galera Cluster for enterprises who want to move...
The company, which takes in many of the original MySQL crowd, is taking its fight against Oracle into the enterprise as promised. The bundle is unsurprisingly called MariaDB Enterprise.
View ArticleMariaDB outfit SkySQL takes on former HP public cloud manager as product chief
Roger Levy says SkySQL will move into a relational database innovation phase now, rather than just trying to provide an alternative to Oracle's MySQL.
View ArticleHow to lower your churn rate
If your SaaS company has a high customer churn rate, it's as if you're trying to row in a leaky boat. You can't move forward because you're too busy bailing yourself…
View ArticleFacebook — with help from Google, LinkedIn, Twitter — releases MySQL built to...
The name pretty much says it all: WebScaleSQL. That's the new open source project Facebook announced on Thursday, which includes early contributions from other web giants that have pushed MySQL to…
View ArticleMariaDB adds NoSQL features to relational database roots
MariaDB 10 is out, featuring a "Connect engine" that makes it easier to handle data from both traditional SQL databases and more web-scale NoSQL systems. The new functionality merits new editions…
View ArticleThe importance of benchmarking clouds
Before you choose a cloud provider, evaluate factors like geography, certification, service level agreements, price and performance.
View ArticleTwitter details how new home-grown system coordinates data analytics
The new system, called TSAR, acts as a real-time data orchestrator and makes it easier for product teams to receive insights into Twitter's data much faster than before.
View ArticleShocker: Lots of new product-and-feature news at AWS confab, but nary a price...
At AWS Re:Invent, Amazon may be signaling an end to the race to the bottom with lots of higher-end products and services, but not a mention of price cuts. There is…
View ArticleAll about AWS Re:invent and oh, some Hortonworks and Microsoft news too
Yes, there was a ton o' news out of Amazon's cloud conference, but also big Hadoop news in Hortonworks IPO plans and Microsoft continues its open-sourcey ways by opening up .NET…
View ArticleLinkedIn explains its complex Gobblin big data framework
LinkedIn shed more light Tuesday on a big-data framework dubbed Gobblin that helps the social network take in tons of data from a variety of sources so that it can be…
View ArticleMongoDB snaps up WiredTiger as new storage engine option
NoSQL fan favorite MongoDB has purchased WiredTiger and its storage engine technology, and as part of the deal snags itself some database stars in Keith Bostic and Dr. Michael Cahill. Bostic was...
View ArticleMemSQL open sources tool that helps move data into your database
Database startup MemSQL said today that it open sourced a new data transfer tool called MemSQL Loader that helps users haul over vast quantities of data from sources like Amazon S3…
View ArticleRussia’s Runa Capital invests $3.4M in database firm MariaDB
Moscow-based Runa Capital has invested €3 million ($3.4 million) in MariaDB, the open-source database company that offers what began as a MySQL fork (Google and Wikipedia are big-name users). Runa, which…
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