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• The Best of Both Worlds: Relational and NoSQL Databases

  

  May 6, 2013 in Features

  Relational databases have been the dominant data management model for decades, but some problems are better fits for non-relational (NoSQL) databases. Read More
• Amazon Intros App Management Solution OpsWorks

  

  April 26, 2013 in News

  As its own version of what we generally understand as DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of OpsWorks, an application management solution that enables customers to model, customize, and automate applications. Read More
• Jeopardy, IBM and Watson as a Service

  

  March 14, 2013 in News

  IBM's Jeopardy-winning supercomputer to become the basis of a series of revenue-generating products. Read More
• Moving From SQL Server to Windows Azure SQL

  

  March 12, 2013 in Features

  Windows Azure SQL Database an appealing cloud-based alternative for those more concerned with business processes and applications than maintaining backend storage systems. Read More
• Two More Java Vulnerabilities Found

  

  February 27, 2013 in News

  Six days following the release of yet another security patch for Java, an independent security startup identifies more serious Java 7 vulnerabilities. Read More
• MariaDB Set To Overthrow MySQL's Linux Reign

  

  February 14, 2013 in News

  MySQL gets a major upgrade, but is it too little too late? Read More
• Amazon Web Services Now Supports Microsoft's Windows PowerShell

  

  December 21, 2012 in News

  Now enables developers and administrators manage their AWS services from the Windows PowerShell scripting environment with more than 550 cmdlets. Read More
• Integrating Data with SQL Server Integration Services

  

  December 21, 2012 in Features

  One of the most time consuming challenges facing data managers is data integration. Read More
• Amazon Opens AWS Marketplace to Windows Apps

  

  December 20, 2012 in News

  Amazon now allows Windows Server developers to distribute cloud apps via the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. Read More
• Is Oracle’s Non-Relational Database Right for Your Project?

  

  December 7, 2012 in Features

  When your data management requirements do not demand all the features of a relational database you should consider an alternative method. Read More
• Microsoft Launches Cloud Deployment Partner Program

  

  December 7, 2012 in News

  Following request from partners to provide cloud deployment support focused on driving a faster adoption of Office 365. Read More
• Using MapReduce Programming without Java

  

  October 29, 2012 in Features

  You don't have to be a Java guru to get the benefits of MapReduce on Hadoop. Read More
• AMD, Oracle Exploring Parallel Computing with JVM

  

  October 5, 2012 in News

  AMD and Oracle will explore the benefits of bringing parallel computing to the Java Virtual Machine. Read More
• Beyond Hadoop: Graph Databases for Big Data

  

  October 5, 2012 in Features

  There are other data analysis models beside Hadoop and MapReduce that lend themselves to big data. Read More
• Changing Course: Making the Move from Banking to Start an IT Career

  

  October 3, 2012 in Blogs

  Ed Tittel considers the plight of a 30-something banking professional with a CCNA who’d really rather be working in IT. Read More
• Slideshow: Ten More Things I Love/Hate About IT

  

  October 2, 2012

  in Slideshows

  More on the good and bad of working in a big IT shop. Read More

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• IT Today: Bootstrapping an IT Business Tricky, EU Establishes Cloud Strategy, Toshiba's Debuts Cloud Business Telephone

  

  October 2, 2012 in Blogs

  Bootstrapping Your Way to an IT Business Tricky, There's Market Potential For ARM Chips in Servers, EU Commission Establishes Cloud Strategy, Toshiba's Cloud Business Telephone Solution Debuts, There's Market Potential For ARM Chips in Servers, and more. Read More
• IT Today: Microsoft Extends Windows Server 2008 Support to 2015, Oracle Launches Oracle Java ME Embedded 3.2 & More, IBM Acquires Butterfly, Makes Next Big Data Analytics Play

  

  September 28, 2012 in Blogs

  Microsoft Extends Windows Server 2008 Support, Oracle Launches Oracle Java ME Embedded 3.2, IBM Makes Next Big Data Analytics Play, 100,000 Passwords of IEEE Members Exposed, IBM Takes Cloud Services Downmarket Via MSPs, and more. Read More
• Oracle Launches Oracle Java ME Embedded 3.2, More

  

  September 28, 2012 in News

  Releases Java ME Embedded 3.2 along with updates to the Oracle Java Wireless Client and Oracle Java ME SDK. Read More
• IT Today: Slideshow - Illustrated History of Moore's Law, Apple Just Another Tech Products Company?

  

  September 27, 2012 in Blogs

  Today on Tom's IT Pro: Moore’s Law In Pictures: An Illustrated History of the Microprocessor, Opinion: Without Steve Jobs is Apple JATP?, IBM Launches "Smarter" Data Center in Canada, Dell Ships First EqualLogic Storage Blade Arrays, and more. Read More