Category: Online Tools

March 8, 2017

Appvance announced it is shipping a DevOps-driven software test automation platform, Appvance UTP. Initially announced in May, Appvance UTP is a unified software test automation platform that is designed to eliminate the redundancies created by traditional QA silos that clog […]

December 16, 2016

Microsoft calls SQL Server 2016 the “biggest leap forward” in the 27-year evolution of the SQL Server database. As we’ll see, despite the excess of hype, the SQL Server 2016 database offers enterprises a number of attractive new capabilities, including […]

December 6, 2016

Cloud computing startup Mesosphere has decided to open source its platform for managing data center resources, with the backing of over 60 tech companies, including Microsoft, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Cisco Systems. Derived from its Datacenter Operating System, a service […]

November 29, 2016

Paxata is unleashing new native push/pull seamless connectivity options to and from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that include the Amazon Redshift data warehouse and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Paxata partnered with leading consulting firm, Slalom to develop the […]

November 28, 2016

One source of information you should absolutely make a part of your regular reading is the blog “SQL Server According to Bob”. It’s written by not one, but two guys named Bob—Bob Dorr and Bob Ward. These individuals are perhaps […]

November 10, 2016

A few years ago, HBase looked set to become one of the dominant databases in big data. The primary pairing for Hadoop, HBase saw adoption skyrocket, but it has since plateaued, especially compared to NoSQL peers MongoDB, Cassandra, and Redis, […]

November 2, 2016

Helping to address complex analysis problems, IBM has announced the general availability of IBM Graph, a Bluemix service that allows users to set up graph databases in the cloud. Previously offered in beta earlier this year, release was made public […]

October 7, 2016

A successful implementation of the Azure Active Directory-based authentication for Azure SQL Database relies on a combination of several distinct configuration changes. The scope of these changes includes not only the Azure Active Directory tenant hosting security principals that will […]

October 6, 2016

Yahoo has called a Reuters article about a secret email scanning program “misleading,” and said no such system exists. On Tuesday, the Reuters article claimed that Yahoo had created the custom software program after receiving a classified U.S. government order. […]

July 22, 2016

Cloudera, a provider of data management and analytics platform built on Apache Hadoop and additional open source technologies, has introduced Cloudera Navigator Optimizer, alongside the production release of Cloudera Enterprise 5.8. First launched in beta in late 2015, Navigator Optimizer, […]

July 21, 2016

IDERA has released SQL Query Store Optimizer, a new tool in its portfolio of database monitoring tools to help database administrators (DBAs) manage and troubleshoot SQL Query Stores. The free tool aggregates the Query Stores of all databases per instance […]

July 20, 2016

Splice Machine, which provides an RDBMS powered by Hadoop and Spark, has announced a cloud-based sandbox for developers to put its just launched open source Community Edition to the test. The company is making available an open source standalone and […]

July 19, 2016

Splice Machine, the relational SQL database system that uses Hadoop and Spark to provide high-speed results, is now available in an open source edition. Version 2.0 of Splice Machine added Spark to speed up OLAP-style workloads while still processing conventional […]

July 15, 2016

Dataguise is releasing its security platform on the Amazon Web Services AWS Marketplace, allowing users to detect, protect, and monitor sensitive data as it moves across platforms. “DgSecure’s availability through the AWS Marketplace is an important milestone for us,” said […]

July 8, 2016

As announced on June 1, 2016, SQL Server 2016 has reached its general availability. This means that you finally have the option to implement some of its new features in the production environment. While we still have to wait for […]

July 1, 2016

Datavail, a provider of data management and managed database services, has announced new partnerships with SlamData and ClearDB. SlamData and Datavail are partnering on a next generation enterprise analytics solution for MongoDB, providing clients with access to analytics for MongoDB, […]

June 16, 2016

The growth of Apache Hadoop over the past decade has proven that the ability of this open source technology to process data at massive scale and allow users access to shared resources is not hype. However, the downside to Hadoop […]

June 14, 2016

Big Data isn’t new. Forbes traces the origins back to the “information explosion” concept first identified in 1941. The challenge has been to develop practical methods for dealing with the 3Vs: Volume, Variety, and Velocity. Without tools to support and […]

June 13, 2016

Given the strength of SQL Server in business, you might be surprised to learn that Microsoft has spent the last five years building a distributed NoSQL database – until you remember that services like Power BI, Bing and the Office […]

June 13, 2016

Symantec Corp. plans to buy Blue Coat Systems Inc. in a $4.65 billion deal that will give the computer-security company a new portfolio of cyberdefense technologies along with a new chief executive. Blue Coat Chief Executive Greg Clark is set […]