The NoSQL movement did not come about primarily because people specifically hated SQL, it was born out of a need for better scalability and simplicity in data...
2 replies - 12430 views - 06/02/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
This week, Clang++, the C++ front-end compiler for the LLVM, had its first successful Boost regression test run. Boost is a collection of open source,...
1 replies - 13450 views - 05/21/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
One of the big “Selling Points” of MySQL is support for Multiple
Storage engines, and from the glance view it is indeed great to provide
users with...
2 replies - 4164 views - 05/10/10 by Peter Zaitsev in News
PostgreSQL is widely considered to be the main open source competitor to MySQL. It's been five years since the release of PostgreSQL 8.0, but this week,...
0 replies - 15900 views - 05/05/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Although some developers are worried about the long term future of MySQL under Oracle, some bloggers are voicing their excitement about the next release -...
0 replies - 6935 views - 04/16/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Part of the Java Standard Edition since the release of the Java
Development Kit 1.1, the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API has
become the industry...
3 replies - 11198 views - 04/08/10 by Jesse Davis in News
More organizations, small and large, are interested in moving their data from SQL relational databases to an Apache Hadoop back end. Although SQL is always a...
2 replies - 12798 views - 03/24/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
At EclipseCon, Oracle announced the next version of their free and open source embedded database, Berkeley DB, which has now reached version "11g Release...
0 replies - 7962 views - 03/24/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
In this article we are going to take a look at Adobe’s Flash
Builder tool. Flash Builder 4 is part of the Adobe Flash Platform, and the latest release of...
4 replies - 63999 views - 03/15/10 by Jon Rose in Articles
Yet another alternative to the relational database is the object database. Learning a new method for data storage can be scary for some developers, but there...
0 replies - 9581 views - 02/26/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Oracle has laid out its strategy for integrating Sun's resources - Human and Technological - into their own company infrastructure. The company plans to...
9 replies - 30394 views - 01/28/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Monty Sends His Petition to Regulators The "Save MySQL" petition by MySQL creator Monty Widenius, was recently delivered to three international...
0 replies - 16056 views - 01/05/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
With a headline that claims you can "Help keep the Internet free," MySQL creator Monty Widenius sprung into action once again on his blog to rally...
6 replies - 8478 views - 12/29/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles
Another tech news rumor was dispersed and debunked today. Reports
surfaced recently that suggested the Nexus One phone would be
subsidized by Google in...
0 replies - 10801 views - 12/16/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in Daily Dose
Today, as a result of "constructive discussions with the European Commission," Oracle released a statement of commitments to the customers,...
2 replies - 8809 views - 12/14/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News
