December 2009
8 posts
“David DeWitt is a very smart guy, but should know never to say never. ...”
– Big three database vendors diverge on Hadoop
Dec 20th
Re: Is Cassandra winning the NoSQL race? →
I am being told that there isn’t a race and that many of the NoSQL solutions are suited for different requirements. I agree and perhaps I didn’t mean to be as contentious as the title indicated….
Dec 15th
Is Cassandra winning the NoSQL race? →
Cassandra is fast emerging as one of the key NoSQL databases. While we often express that the point of NoSQL is to offer more choice than an “RDBMS” hammer for every nail, there are…
Dec 15th
Relaxed raises funds - CouchDB →
Image via WikipediaI just noticed Damian Katz (an original author CouchDB) has raised $2m in early funding for his CouchDB related company Relaxed. I spoke with Damian a couple…
Dec 15th
The Commoditization of MPP →
Image by scottpowerz via Flickr Next year will be the start of much more difficult times for the existing MPP start ups/ early stage companies (including Greenplum, Vertica,
Dec 15th
End is in sight for Oracle & Sun →
Image via WikipediaOracle has published their promises which have reportedly gone a long way to appeasing the EU, so the likely outcome is the takeover of Sun will be approved in January.My own…
Dec 15th
MySpace Launches New Set Of Realtime APIs With... →
“Groovy, is leveraging its powerful relational data management software to debut a nifty public timeline application dubbed GroovyChannel on MySpace.”
Dec 9th
“The European Union’s antitrust chief said Tuesday that U.S. senators who...”
– EU Antitrust Chief Slams Senators on Oracle Deal - ABC News
Dec 9th