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Complex data analytics requirements are driving interest in open source Hadoop technology, say users and analysts
The search feature will allow organizations to perform analysis directly against their online data stores
SkySQL, OpenLogic, and Monty Program are encroaching on Oracle's turf, undercutting on prices for MySQL support contracts
Companies such as Microsoft and Infochimps are getting involved in the $100 billion market for specialized data services
The company instead will focus on Apache's version of the distributed computing platform
Adding Oracle's database to Amazon Web Services is a clear response to Salesforce.com's Database.com service, which is also Oracle-powered
DataRush 5.0, which helps developers without parallel development experience create multithreaded apps, also backs new JVM languages
Discussions at the New England Database Summit focus on the problems cloud computing presents for database technology
Revenue rose, but profits dropped by more than a third
Latest version of Apache's open source distributed database can pack two billion columns into a row, which could be useful to big data cloud computing projects