Data Management

Hortonworks snaps up and open sources Hadoop security solution

Why run SQL on NoSQL? Speed, says Splice Machine

Splice Machine, makers of a RDBMS solution for Hadoop, claims it can outperform conventional databases that need both scale and speed

Salesforce.com ties Force.com to Heroku for richer app development

OpenStack now does NoSQL

Tesora's database-as-a-service platform allows NoSQL leader MongoDB to be managed on OpenStack alongside MySQL

Virtualizing Oracle software: Don’t pay for what you don’t need

Moving Oracle databases to virtual infrastructure may not result in software savings. Here's why, and what you can do about it

Hadoop, Python, and NoSQL lead the pack for big data jobs

Demand for big data skills are on the rise and aren't limited to just NoSQL and Hadoop but also include Python and general cloud skills

Hadoop, Python, and NoSQL lead the pack for big data jobs

Rise in cloud-based analytics could increase demand for employees with more diversified skill sets

11 reasons encryption is (almost) dead

Encryption is full of weak links, from backdoors to big data

Millennials and tech: Round pegs in a square cubicle farm

Millennials' high expectations are forcing global changes in IT hiring and company culture

Big data hype didn’t speed growth in the BI market, Gartner says

Most companies haven't deployed big data projects yet, despite all the hype