Redmond says its classic database tool will run without Windows

Big Data database rolls out new features and adds new powers to its query language.

MongoDB combines the usual advantages of NoSQL databases with sharding, load balancing, replication, and failover.

C++ B-Tree offers memory and time advantages over standard containers.

New organization will oversee interoperability and standards for the popular open source database.

I’m looking at another crop of press releases and marveling at the ever-expanding market for products that fall under the ubiquitous heading of Big Data. Big Data is everywhere. (Or is it Big Data are everywhere – to reprise that classic quandary?) Gigantic file storage appliances from vendors like Oracle and HP and software tools like Apache Hadoop continually add new building blocks to the data infrastructure. And the goal of all this? Apart from more conventional uses for scientific modeling and analysis, one of the reasons for this huge interest in accumulating data is a phenomenon known as data mining, which Wikipedia defines as a process that “attempts to discover patterns in large data sets.”

Citrix Announces XenServer 6.1

Red Hat Updates Enterprise MRG

Xen.org Releases Xen 4.2

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