Aster Data Systems adds a new wrinkle to the cluster database concept with nCluster which, the startup claims, is an Internet-scale database that can divide the various components of a data-analysis workload into discrete pieces. WiMax promises to rattle the wireless data fray. The competing wireless protocol has two distinct advantages over rival LTE, most notably the fact that it’s available in the here-and-now. The current lack of certified products, however, has some providers a bit nervous. Related news: First call completed on North Korea’s 3G network. Certeon’s aCelera does what other application accelerators do — shorten delivery times for apps that run over networks — only it manages just that without a dedicated appliance. Application acceleration goes virtual. Coverity analyzed more than 55 million lines of code in some 250 popular projects and found that the quality and security in open source software continues to improve. And in India, Bangalore’s IT industry faces a fresh hurdle in the form of an airport both new and distant that likely will extend by two to four hours the time it takes travelers just to get to their flights. Databases