http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:13:16 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/25335/First_Look_Oracle_NoSQL_Database/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25335/First_Look_Oracle_NoSQL_Database/ InfoWorld's Peter Wayner takes a first look at Oracle NoSQL Database, the company's take on the distributed key-value data store for the enterprise. 'There are dozens of small ways in which the tool is more thorough and sophisticated than the simpler NoSQL projects. You get a number of different options for increasing the durability in the face of a node crash or trading that durability for speed,' Wayner writes. 'Oracle NoSQL might not offer the heady fun and "just build it" experimentation of many of the pure open source NoSQL projects, but that's not really its role. Oracle borrowed the best ideas from these groups and built something that will deliver good performance to the sweet spot of the enterprise market.' Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:14:33 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Databases 11 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News snydeq http://www.osnews.com/story/25006/10_Essential_FOSS_Tools_For_MySQL/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25006/10_Essential_FOSS_Tools_For_MySQL/ MySQL toolmaker Daniel Nichter provides a look at 10 must-have free and open source tools for MySQL. 'MySQL has attracted a vibrant community of developers who are putting out high-quality open source tools to help with the complexity, performance, and health of MySQL systems, most of which are available for free,' writes Nichter, who was named 2010 MySQL Community Member of the Year for his work on maatkit. From mydumper, to mk-query-digest, to stalk and collect, the list compiles tools to help back up MySQL data, increase performance, guard against data drift, and log pertinent troubleshooting data when problems arise, each of which is a valuable resource for anyone using MySQL, from a stand-alone instance to a multiple-node environment. Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:30:48 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Databases 4 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News snydeq http://www.osnews.com/story/24704/Developers_Discuss_PostgreSQL_s_Future/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24704/Developers_Discuss_PostgreSQL_s_Future/ The release of the first beta of version 9.1 of the open source PostgreSQL database has opened a new era in enterprise-class reliability and data integrity that can compete with the big names, say its developers. CIO recently interviewed Josh Berkus, Kevin Grittner, Dimitri Fontaine and Robert Haas about PostgreSQL 9.1 and its future. Fri, 06 May 2011 21:00:53 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Databases 14 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News http://www.osnews.com/story/24143/MySQL_5_5_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/24143/MySQL_5_5_Released/ MySQL 5.5 delivers significant enhancements enabling users to improve the performance and scalability of web applications across multiple operating environments, including Windows, Linux, Oracle Solaris, and Mac OS X. The MySQL 5.5 Community Edition, which is licensed under the GNU GPL, and is available for free download, includes InnoDB as the default storage engine. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:49:56 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Databases 8 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News HAL2001 http://www.osnews.com/story/22688/_Save_MySQL_Campaign_Gains_Momentum/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22688/_Save_MySQL_Campaign_Gains_Momentum/ A petition launched in December by MySQL creator Michael 'Monty' Widenius to 'save' the open-source database from Oracle has quickly gained momentum, collecting nearly 17,000 signatures. Widenius on Monday submitted an initial batch of 14,174 signatures to the European Commission, which is conducting an antitrust review of Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, MySQL's current owner. The petition calls for authorities to block the merger unless Oracle agrees to one of three "solutions", including spinning off MySQL to a third party and releasing all past versions and subsequent editions for the next three years under the Apache 2.0 open-source license. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:41:57 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Databases 30 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22530/Total_security_in_a_PostgreSQL_database/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22530/Total_security_in_a_PostgreSQL_database/ Database security is the single biggest concern with today's Web-based applications. Without control, you risk exposing sensitive information about your company or, worse yet, your valuable customers. In this article, learn about security measures you can take to protect your PostgreSQL database. Be sure to download the sample code listings used in this article. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:55:36 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Databases 1 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News http://www.osnews.com/story/22277/Cloudera_Desktop_Released_Simplifies_Hadoop_Even_More/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22277/Cloudera_Desktop_Released_Simplifies_Hadoop_Even_More/ A while back, we covered the release of the free Cloudera distribution of Hadoop-- handy software to manage data across a multiplicity of servers-- the same software behind Yahoo!, Facebook, and other successful companies. Though Hadoop and Cloudera's Hadoop have been truly stellar at what they do, it's all essentially been done via command line, which for many people isn't the most productive or user-friendly type of interface. The folks at Cloudera knew this, so they've gone ahead and created a graphical interface to communicate with Hadoop. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:50:23 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Jordan Spencer Cunningham) Databases 0 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/21603/The_State_of_MySQL/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21603/The_State_of_MySQL/ Jeremy Zawodny takes a look at the state of MySQL. "Robust development from outside the Sun/MySQL sphere, new storage engines and the return of Monty are just some of the signs that MySQL is healthy, despite may reports to the contrary." Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:21:07 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Databases 2 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News linuxmag http://www.osnews.com/story/21535/MySQL_Forked_Beyond_Repair_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21535/MySQL_Forked_Beyond_Repair_/ Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister questions the effect recent developments in the MySQL community will have on MySQL's future in the wake of Oracle's acquisition of Sun. Even before Oracle announced its buyout, there were signs of strain within the MySQL community, with key MySQL employees exiting and forks of the MySQL codebase arising, including Widenius' MariaDB. Thu, 21 May 2009 22:55:48 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Databases 23 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News snydeq http://www.osnews.com/story/21140/Cloudera_Distribution_of_Hadoop_Available_Makes_Hadoop_Easy/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21140/Cloudera_Distribution_of_Hadoop_Available_Makes_Hadoop_Easy/ Hadoop, the same software that lies at the heart of successful companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, and others, has been proven time and again with said companies to be a successful data management server, keeping data secure and fault-free spread across multiple servers. It isn't the easiest piece of software to configure, however, which is why the Cloudera company has just announced a freely downloadable and easier to use custom distribution of Hadoop to bring the power of entities like Google to smaller businesses. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:03:38 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Jordan Spencer Cunningham) Databases 1 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 Feature http://www.osnews.com/story/20918/MySQL_Founder_Leaves_Sun/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20918/MySQL_Founder_Leaves_Sun/ Michael "Monty" Widenius, original author and founder of MySQL, has announced he has now resigned from Sun to start his own company, Monty Program Ab. Rumours of his departure had circulated last September and Widenius now confirms these had an element of truth to them. According to him, his issues with MySQL 5.1 GA were pivotal in the decision making process and his public warnings of those problems "had the wanted effect". That effect was an agreement to stay on for three months to "help Sun work out things in MySQL development" and allow Sun to "create an optimal role for me". Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:45:52 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Databases 2 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News diegocg http://www.osnews.com/story/20624/An_Atomic_Level_of_Data_Storage/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20624/An_Atomic_Level_of_Data_Storage/ In an almost indiscernible and confusing article filled with various scientific terms that most cringe to hear, it was described how in October of 2008 scientists successfully stored and retrieved data on the nucleus of an atom-- and all for two short lived seconds. With this new type of storage, a traditional bit can now be both zero and one at the same time, but in order to understand just how this is possible, translate the article linked above to plain English. Data integrity returns after two seconds at 90% and storage is obviously impermanent, so there are many kinks to work out before atomic storage actually serves a purpose, but give these scientists a couple of decades, and it's theoretical that we'll one day have nuclear drives the size of USB drives today (or MicroSD cards, or why not even specs of dust?) that can hold hundreds of terabytes-- even pentabytes-- of information. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:49:10 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Databases 20 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News weildish http://www.osnews.com/story/19724/MySQL_Remains_Fully_Functional_and_Open_Source_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19724/MySQL_Remains_Fully_Functional_and_Open_Source_/ When Sun announced it would offer certain plugins and features for enterprise customers only, and maybe even make them closed-source, the open source community was up in arms. It seems that MySQL and Sun have listened to the criticism, as these plans are now off the table. In fact, these plans did not originate within Sun in the first place. Thu, 08 May 2008 19:13:59 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Databases 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News http://www.osnews.com/story/19525/Oracle_Expands_Its_Linux_Base/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19525/Oracle_Expands_Its_Linux_Base/ "So how is Oracle doing with its Oracle Unbreakable Linux? Pretty well. According to Monica Kumar, senior director Linux and open source product marketing at Oracle, there are now 2000 customers for Oracle's Linux. Those customers will now be getting a bonus from Oracle: free clustering software." Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:01:46 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Databases 9 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News http://www.osnews.com/story/19207/Firebird_2008_Roadmap_Published/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19207/Firebird_2008_Roadmap_Published/ The Firebird RDBMS 2008 Roadmap is now publicly available. During this year, Firebird users can expect two final releases (2.1 and 2.5) and the first alpha of FB 3. Many new features are planned, as described in the roadmap. In addition, RC1 of 2.1 has been released. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:14:15 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Databases 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/29 News Carlos H. Cantu