Data Management

DIY Internet of things: The ultimate maker project

With sensors and microcontrollers as cheap as they are, the Internet of things is poised for support from the maker crowd

Your guide to InfoWorld’s best tech of the year

Last week's 2014 Technology of the Year Awards honored 35 products, the best we encountered in 2013 -- and the ones that animate the most important enterprise technology trends

Why Silicon Valley can’t find Europe

Oracle builds a bridge to Salesforce.com with new adapter

The adapter allows organizations to synchronize Salesforce.com and on-premises applications

How to screw up your MongoDB schema design

Some RDBMS skills port over easily -- but schema design isn't one of them

New Fujitsu Labs tech can do batch searches of encrypted data

Method based on public-key encryption uses homomorphic encryption to batch-search 16,000 characters per second using any search term

InfoWorld special report: Big moves in store for big data

Business leaders and decision-makers set the scene for big data's next stage, including its impact on storage, security, and IT jobs

Silicon Valley’s ‘meritocracy’ hides a discriminatory streak

The latest evidence: Oracle is sued by a sales manager who says he was fired for refusing to pay less to IT workers from India

How to screw up your MongoDB schema design

Mongo has recently become a thing. Fortunately, some RDBMS skills port over easily -- but schema design isn't one of them

Technology of the Year 2014: The best hardware, software, and cloud services

InfoWorld's 2014 Technology of the Year Award winners recognize the best tools and technologies for developers, IT pros, and businesses