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  New social site Pinterest attracts enthusiasm, scrutiny

  Just as it enjoys an initial surge of popularity, a new social networking site called Pinterest is also experiencing its first bout of controversy. Observers are accusing the site of secretly embedding code in user content to generate revenue.

  By Joab Jackson | 09 February, 2012 07:10

  Tags: software, social networking, Pinterest, Internet-based applications and services, internet, data management, applications

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  Flexing NoSQL: MongoDB in review

  The NoSQL movement has spawned a slew of alternative data stores, all of which attempt to fill voids left by traditional relational database implementations. But while it's easy to fit the various relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, DB2, and so on) under a single categorical umbrella, the NoSQL world is much more diverse, and the NoSQL label is too general. NoSQL data stores such as MongoDB and Cassandra are so vastly different from each other that apples-to-apples comparisons are practically impossible. Thus, within the world of NoSQL, there are subcategories such as key-value stores, graph databases, and document-oriented stores.

  By Andrew Glover | 08 February, 2012 22:15

  Tags: web applications, software, oracle, open source software, NoSQL, mysql, Internet-based applications and services, internet, data management, Data Explosion, cloud computing, applications, application development

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  Pentaho open sources 'big data' integration tools under Apache 2.0

  BI vendor Pentaho is open sourcing a number of tools related to "big data" in the 4.3 release of its Kettle data-integration platform and has moved the project overall to the Apache 2.0 license, the company announced Monday.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 31 January, 2012 01:05

  Tags: software, Pentaho, open source, data management, applications, Apache Software Foundation

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  The Oracle flaw: Clarifications and more information

  Since InfoWorld published "Fundamental Oracle flaw revealed" on Jan. 17, we've received abundant feedback from Oracle users and consulted with Oracle representatives, who went through the story point by point, offering clarifications and additional details, including information about the patches that address the flaw.

  By Paul Venezia and Eric Knorr | 24 January, 2012 04:32

  Tags: software, security, oracle, data security, data protection, data management, Database Administration, applications

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  Enterprise Hadoop: Big data processing made easier

  It's been a big year for Apache Hadoop, the open source project that helps you split your workload among a rack of computers. The buzzword is now well known to your boss but still just a vague and hazy concept for your boss's boss. That puts it in the sweet spot when there's plenty of room for experimentation. The list of companies using Hadoop in production work grows longer each day, and it probably won't be long before "Hadoop cluster" takes over the role that the words "crazy supercomputer" used to play in thriller movies. The next version of the WOPR is bound to run Hadoop.

  By Peter Wayner | 18 January, 2012 22:21

  Tags: software, open source software, internet, IaaS, hadoop, data management, Data Explosion, cloud computing, business intelligence, Big Data, applications

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