Tag: Cloud
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Five Predictions for your Database in 2011
Xeround are making the future look like it’s just waiting for them in Five Predictions for your Database in 2011. But that’s not surprising, given that they’ve chosen to work on Cloud DB technology because they think it’s hot.… Continued
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Sharding With SQL Azure
Microsoft’s announcement of a new whitepaper about Sharding With SQL Azure reminded me that MS is very good about documenting everything around SQL Azure, and there are a lot of excellent whitepapers for all aspects of SQL Azure. Go read them if you’re interested!
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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, whereas Grid Computing didn’t, and NoSQL likely won’t
- The beginning of the end of NoSQL notes that Big Data, with which NoSQL has become closely associated, is endangered as well because there’s a trademark on that term.
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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.… Continued
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The meaning of NoSQL
If anyone NoSQL solution vendor’s marketing skills stand out, then it’s certainly CouchOne. First the rebranding from CouchIO to CouchOne, then the awareness of the shift in the general perception of NoSQL away from the generic meaning of ‘not (only) SQL’ to meaning ‘Big Data’ solution.… Continued
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NoSQL and Cloud Security
NoSQL and Cloud Security: it’s in a bad shape, says Jeff Darcy, so pretty much single-user only on firewalled machines. Make sure you know what you’re doing!
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Small Data SQL Cloud
The recent releases of SQL Anywhere 12 and SQL Server Compact 4.0 got me thinking about a pet project of mine, basically providing a very cheap SQL persistence layer to fill the gap between Excel / MS Access and the multi-gigabytes typically stored in ‘real’ RDBMS.… Continued