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  • EDW Without A Database?

    Forrester’s James Kobelius asks: An Enterprise Data Warehouse Without A Database—Is That Even Conceivable? Turns out the discussion is more around RDBMS vs. non-relational DBMS such as Hadoop, and he’s suggesting that we’ll see a rise of non-relational systems because of the rise of less structured content. Forrester’s school of thought also marks it perfectly…

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  • SQL Server 2005 SP4 RTM

    One thing I completely forgot to report is that SQL Server 2005 SP4 RTM [is] Now Available for Download. Go get it while it’s hot, but also don’t forget to keep planning for your SQL 2008 R2 migration – after all the useful life of SQL 2005 is coming to an end soon.

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  • BMC Acquires GridApp

    Now I know why I kept this space open and didn’t post an article in the morning… BMC is swallowing GridApp. Just as I kinda predicted three months ago. We’ll have to wait and see what that means for the other vendors in the enterprise automation space.

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  • What’s in a Name

    Following up on last week’s The meaning of NoSQL, there are quite a number of well thought out articles around CouchOne’s decision to not associate itself with NoSQL: Why Cloud Computing Sells and NoSQL Is Fading about the fact that Cloud was at the same position three years ago, but climbed to hill to success,…

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  • Oracle 11g Interactive Quick Reference

    Oracle took the popular DBA Views poster and now provide a Flash based digital version for download at Oracle 11g Interactive Quick Reference. I’m not sure how helpful that’s ultimately going to be as it doesn’t allow for the same kind of visual browsing, but wanted to post this anyway. Via the Oracle DB Insider…

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  • SQL In the Cloud

    CloudBzz has a little intro to SQL In the Cloud, and with that they mean the public cloud. Good overview of existing offerings, and the suggestion that Cloud-based DBaaS options will continue to grow in importance and will eventually become the dominant model. Cloud vendors will have to invest in solutions that enable horizontal scaling…

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  • Scaling Out without Partitioning

    Todd Hoff mentions Hyder – Scaling Out without Partitioning. Hyder is  a research database at Microsoft, in which the database is the log, no partitioning is required, and the database is multi-versioned. Basically a shared Flash device for the logs: For transaction execution, each server has a cache of the last committed state. That cache…

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  • 10 Signs You Need A Big Data Retention Solution

    10 Signs You Need A Big Data Retention Solution by Rainstor’s Ramon Chen. The reality, driven by more stringent legislation, governance and extended on-demand accessibility to historical data, is that structured data retention is now fast becoming the #1 imperative for businesses worldwide. The article outlines key signs you need a dedicated solution for Big…

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  • Database Discovery Made Easy with MAP 5.5

    Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) sounds like a good tool to have. Check out the new release at Database Discovery Made Easy with MAP 5.5.

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  • What are the criteria used by Oracle to decide whether a vulnerability warrants a fix in the CPU?

    Oracle answer one of the most asked questions around CPUs: What are the criteria used by Oracle to decide whether a vulnerability warrants a fix in the CPU?

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