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  10 essential performance tips for MySQL

  As with all relational databases, MySQL can prove to be a complicated beast, one that can crawl to a halt at a moment's notice, leaving your applications in the lurch and your business on the line.

  By Baron Schwartz | 14 May, 2012 20:11

  Tags: software, mysql, data management, Database Design, Database Administration, applications

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  Master MySQL in the Amazon cloud

  For many MySQL database admins, Amazon Web Services represents the brave new world of cloud computing -- one fraught with disappearing servers, disk I/O variability, and other shared resource challenges, not to mention questions regarding the security of data.

  By Sean Hull | 30 April, 2012 20:15

  Tags: Amazon Web Services, applications, cloud computing, Database Administration, data management, IaaS, internet, mysql, software

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  Review: SQL Server 2012 stands tall

  As we've come to expect from new SQL Server releases, SQL Server 2012 has so many new features that it's impossible even to mention them all. Nearly everyone is well served, from the BI-hungry users of Reporting Services to the IT folks who oversee query performance and uptime. SQL Server 2012 brings improvements across the board, with only a few disappointing exceptions.

  By Sean McCown | 25 April, 2012 20:13

  Tags: applications, data management, DBMS, Microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, operating systems, software, sql

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  Oracle's Mark Hurd spells out analytics vision

  Oracle has rolled out a series of announcements aimed at portraying itself as the industry's dominant player in business analytics, as well as one relevant to customers of rival SAP.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 05 April, 2012 04:44

  Tags: applications, business intelligence, data management, Mark Hird, oracle, sap, software

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  IBM releases DB2 version 10, the first big upgrade in four years

  Sensing a change in the way customers store and analyze data, IBM has updated its flagship DB2 relational database management software to handle a wider range of data processing duties. The company has also updated its InfoSphere data warehouse software.

  By Joab Jackson | 03 April, 2012 14:07

  Tags: applications, data management, data mining, data warehousing, IBM, software

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  Apache promotes Sqoop as Top Level Project

  As more organizations deploy Hadoop to analyze vast reams of information, they may find they need to transfer large amounts of data between Hadoop and their existing databases, data warehouses and other data stores. Now the volunteer developers behind a new connector designed to speed this data exchange have gotten the full support from the Apache Software Foundation (ASF).

  By Joab Jackson | 03 April, 2012 02:55

  Tags: Apache Software Foundation, applications, data management, data mining, data warehousing, software

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  IBM to develop telescope data analysis system

  IBM is developing new data management and analysis technologies for what will be the world's largest radio telescope. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), due to become operational in 2024, will produce so much data that even tomorrow's off-the-shelf computers will have difficulty processing all of it, the company predicted.

  By Joab Jackson | 02 April, 2012 14:05

  Tags: applications, data management, data mining, IBM, popular science, software

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  How to get a hot job in big data

  Big data is reshaping business IT. Thanks to cheap storage, massive processing power, and tools like Hadoop, organizations are now able to mine terabytes of information and derive useful business intelligence from it. But the data revolution is also creating a new breed of hybrid business-IT jobs, ones that blend business knowledge and powerful IT tools to the benefit of tech-savvy line-of-business professionals -- and the possible detriment of IT pros oblivious to the big data trend.

  By Dan Tynan | 19 March, 2012 21:24

  Tags: applications, Big Data, business intelligence, consumerization of IT, data discovery, Data Explosion, data management, data mining, Data Visualization, hadoop, Information Technology Careers, IT jobs, IT training, predictive analytics, software

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  No unified stack soon for big data

  Despite the growing interest in big data platforms, it may be some time before organizations will be able to deploy a standardized big data software stack, concluded a panel of speakers Wednesday during a virtual panel hosted by GigaOm.

  By Joab Jackson | 16 March, 2012 05:04

  Tags: applications, business intelligence, canonical, data management, data mining, Linux, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

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  Get Hadoop certified ... fast

  IT professionals are scrambling to get trained and certified in what's expected to be the hottest new high-tech skill for 2012: Hadoop.

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 07 March, 2012 00:27

  Tags: application development, applications, Big Data, careers, cloudera, Configuration / maintenance, data base, Data Center, data management, ebay, Facebook, hadoop, hardware systems, IBM, informatica, infrastructure management, it management, LinkedIn, management, networking, programming, software, Yahoo

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  IBM: Future computers will be constant learners

  Tomorrow's computers will constantly improve their understanding of the data they work with, which in turn will help them provide users with more appropriate information, predicted the software mastermind behind IBM's Watson system.

  By Joab Jackson | 17 February, 2012 09:21

  Tags: applications, data management, data mining, IBM, popular science, software

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  Hadoop wins over enterprise IT, spurs talent crunch

  Hadoop is coming out of the shadows and into production in IT shops that are drawn to its ability to store, process and analyze extremely large volumes of data. But the relative newness of the open-source platform and a shortage of experienced Hadoop talent [link to sidebar TK] pose technical challenges that enterprise IT teams need to address.

  By Ann Bednarz | 13 February, 2012 22:26

  Tags: apache, applications, Big Data, cloudera, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, data management, Gartner, hadoop, hardware systems, HortonWorks, MapR, mapreduce, software, Yahoo

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  Cray courts the big-data market

  Supercomputer company Cray has created a new division that will sell big-data systems, the company has announced. The division will market its offerings to large enterprises, which will be a new kind of client for the company.

  By Joab Jackson | 10 February, 2012 11:16

  Tags: applications, Cray, data management, data mining, data protection, hardware systems, High performance, software, supercomputers

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

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