Updated: Twitter has shared numerous aspects of its infrastructure over the past few years, and its decision to open source its work on MySQL might be the social media platform’s most useful… Read more »
Zynga is in a tricky position technologically thanks to its new frenemy status with Facebook. Zynga claims 240 million active users, and it wants a lot more, but scaling to those… Read more »
Facebook held a Tech Talk on Monday night explaining how it built a MySQL environment capable of handling everything the company needs in terms of scale, performance and availability. Based on… Read more »
Two weeks ago, a post quoting Michael Stonebraker, who questioned the relevance of MySQL and Facebook’s use of it, sparked an overwhelmingly negative response. The true state of the database market… Read more »
According to database pioneer Michael Stonebraker, Facebook is operating a huge, complex MySQL implementation equivalent to “a fate worse than death.” It’s actually a predicament all too common among web startups,… Read more »
Xeround’s cloud-based MySQL service enters general availability today, becoming the first cloud-based third-party MySQL distribution that actually requires customers to pay for the service. If it’s successful, there are plenty of… Read more »
Hopes were high leading into Saturday’s Comic-Con ticket-sale launch that TicketLeap’s cloud-based ticketing platform would be an availability superhero after two failed attempts in November, but those hopes were dashed nearly… Read more »
IT is undergoing a series of transformations right now, a few of which were highlighted today. Among them are Dell’s mission to change its business, major storage M&A, packaging hardware and… Read more »