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  • Heroku Rolls out Support for JavaScript within PostGres

    June 5, 2013

    Business
    google, Heroku, JavaScript, JSON, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, Relational database, SQL
     

    There’s always battles waging in the technology community – Linux vs Windows, OpenStack vs AWS, DevOps vs NoOps vs SomeOtherKindOfOps. Another oft visited argument is the relation versus non-relational databases. Essentially the protagonists for the NoSQL movement suggest that…

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  • MySQL, NoSQL, Oracle’s FUD and Gangnam Style

    March 28, 2013

    Business
    Application programming interface, Data definition language, Gangnam Style, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, oracle, Relational database
     

    Recently Oracle released it’s first update to MySQL in two years. This release was, at least in part, a response to the huge uptake of NoSQL databases and the move away from traditional structured databases for many applications. I…

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  • Garantia Goes GA

    February 13, 2013

    Business
    AWS, cloud computing, Heroku, NoSQL, Persistent data structure, Redis, Redis Cloud, US West
     

    I’ve written before about Garantia, the Israeli startup that is aiming to overcome some of the disadvantages that NoSQL databases come with – namely lack of persistence and scalability. Garantia’s solution is to offer Memcached with higher reliability and…

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  • Garantia–Scaling and Protecting In-Memory NoSQL

    June 21, 2012

    Business
    Database, Facebook, Garantia, Memcached, NoSQL, Redis
     

    Note – this is (kind of) a repost – I was asked by Garantia’s PR company to pull an earlier post and publish this as the company gets ready to demo at Structure – that’s a highly unusual request…

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  • Survey Shows Increased Adoption of NoSQL

    February 8, 2012

    Business
    CouchBase, Database, Database management system, NoSQL, Relational database, SQL
     

    One of the more striking developments in the application database space in recent years has been the rise of unstructured databases. Aggregated under the heading “NoSQL” (not an ideal name it must be said), these unstructured database management systems…

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  • NoSQL Search with Cloudant

    July 28, 2011

    Business
    Cloudant, CouchDB, Java, Lucene, MapReduce, NoSQL, Web search query
     

    In the seemingly endless argument between the relational database proponents and those on the NoSQL side of the divide, the usual vectors of discussion occur around speed, availability, operational constrains and budget. One area that sometimes gets forgotten is…

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  • MemBase and CouchOne and What it Means for Cloud Sartups

    February 11, 2011

    Business
    Boomi, cloud computing, Heroku, iaas, John Taschek, Membase, NorthScale, NoSQL, PaaS, strategy
     

    Focus.com Cloud RoundtableLast week marked the merger between Membase (formerly NorthScale) and CouchOne, associated companies producing NoSQL products. It’s a logical combination as it creates an end-to-end NoSQL solution. But more than that it’s an indication of something I’ve…

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