Database software
With the volumes of digital data used by businesses growing at exponential rates, having the right information management and database software becomes key to corporate decision-making. While established products such as Oracle, DB2 and Informix remain widely used, open source alternatives such as MySQL and Ingres offer potential alternatives for IT managers. We examine the issues around choosing the right products and strategies for your organisation.
Is blockchain really going to be the new database?
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News : Database software
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December 11, 2018
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Dec'18
Tibco’s Orchestra acquisition will mean ‘faster IT integration’
Tibco’s strategic acquisition of Paris-based Orchestra networks will ‘benefit customers of both companies’
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November 14, 2018
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Nov'18
Rubrik adds Oracle, NoSQL and SAP Hana data protection
Scale-out backup appliance maker has already ticked most physical and virtual support boxes and is now filling out the details with enterprise application support
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November 12, 2018
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Nov'18
AWS CEO Andy Jassy confirms Oracle data warehouse switch-off at Amazon
Months after Oracle CTO Larry Ellison cited Amazon's use of its database tech as proof of its superiority, AWS CEO confirms its parent company is now migrating off it
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October 30, 2018
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Oct'18
UK government taskforce commits to distributed ledger technologies
Report says distributed ledger technology “has the potential to deliver significant benefits in financial services and other sectors in the future”
In Depth : Database software
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Silicon Valley startups home in on pressing value from data
A slew of California-based startup and early-stage data analytics companies are promising CIOs better ways to get value from their investments in databases and analytics Continue Reading
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How the Met Office is handling a deluge of data
‘Lazy’ open source tools are helping the UK weather forecasting service open up unprecedented volumes of data to all Continue Reading
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Blockchain starts to prove its value outside of finance
Technology behind bitcoin is being adopted in supply chains, power networks and even to support independent musicians Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Database software
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Multi-model databases are more juicy
It sounds like a brand of orange juice… and its community edition is written in C++, but actually ArangoDB is a native multi-model database. ArangoDB Community Edition is available under ... Continue Reading
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GridGain CTO: why in-memory is on the up
Oh no, it’s 2019 prediction season again for the IT industry. Guess what? Open source is gaining increasing traction in the enterprise and cloud-native software application development is becoming ... Continue Reading
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DataStax developer lead on programming for multi-cloud
The Computer Weekly Developer Network team attended the DataStax UK ‘Developer Day’ event this autumn 2018 to speak to the company’s Veep of developer relations Patrick McFadin. With DataStax ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Database software
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The high price of not understanding how automation works with existing software licences
Businesses must check their software licences before they introduce robotic process automation or they risk breaking the rules Continue Reading
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A Good American: a personal take on mass surveillance
Director Friedrich Moser draws some conclusions on mass surveillance from his groundbreaking documentary on the work of NSA whistleblower, Bill Binney Continue Reading
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It’s not too late to turn the tide on Investigatory Powers Bill
The government has set David Anderson QC an almost impossible task in his review of the sweeping bulk powers proposed in the Investigatory Powers Bill – but it is not too late to make a difference Continue Reading
Videos : Database software
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Big data impact on storage infrastructure
Ovum senior analyst Tim Stammers discusses how storage systems cope with large data sets and real time data access
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Video interview: Gartner chief of research, Chris Howard
In this video, Chris Howard, chief of research at Gartner, discusses why CIOs should look at cloud, mobile, big data and social computing
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Video interview: Environmental Investigation Agency using i2
In this video, Charlotte Davies from the Environmental Investigation Agency discusses how i2 is helping tackle Big Cat poaching