IT General
Oracle works both sides of the SQL/NoSQL street
It's no secret that Oracle became very successful by selling relational database technology anchored by the venerable SQL standard.
PostgreSQL ramps up its NoSQL game
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NoSQL databases like MongoDB or CouchDB generally compete with each other, but now a columnar database is positioning itself as a NoSQL player.
SDS still young, but very much on the rise
Anything "software-defined"-- networks, storage, data centers--is grabbing a lot of attention these days. Security is no exception. Software-defined security (SDS) is an emerging model in which information security is deployed, controlled and managed by software.
With SDS, security controls such as network segmentation, intrusion detection and access control are automated and monitored via software.
Fifth Surface Pro 3 patch in two months still doesn't address the big problems
Microsoft just rolled out another firmware update for its troubled Surface Pro 3 tablet, and if there's an official explanation for this latest blast, I haven't seen it.
Fifth Surface Pro 3 patch in two months still doesn't address the big problems
Microsoft just rolled out another firmware update for its troubled Surface Pro 3 tablet, and if there's an official explanation for this latest blast, I haven't seen it.
Review: VMware VSAN turns storage inside-out
Convergence of compute and storage is all the rage in the virtualization market these days.
How to solve Java's security problem
Java applications remain a popular target for cyber criminals, as they are widely used to control access to critical data, despite Java's continuing struggles with security vulnerabilities. In this installment, John Matthew Holt, founder and chief technology officer at Dublin-based Waratek, lays out a new approach for securing Java applications. -- Paul Venezia
Ballmer exits Microsoft board -- stock market nods approval
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Google's Docker tool taps Apache Mesos for cluster management
Google's Kubernetes project, an orchestration and management system for Docker, is gaining a lineup of collaborators and partners that's remi
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Python puts its print on multitouch apps with Kivy
Kivy, an open source library based on Python, brings native development of user interfaces and multitouch applications to Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.
Hadoop gets real
Technology professionals with strong skills in Apache Hadoop are among the hardest to find. In fact, demand for people with Hadoop expertise has skyrocketed 34% since last year, according to Wanted Analytics, a research firm specializing in the labor market.
