Apartment-sharing startup Airbnb has open sourced a tool called AirpalĀ that the company built to give more of its employees access to the data they need for their jobs. Airpal is built… Read more »
So here’s some irony for you: For years, Andy Palmer and his oft-time startup partner Michael Stonebraker have pointed out that database software is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Companies, they said,… Read more »
There was a time, a little over two years ago, when SQL-on-Hadoop was about cracking open access to Hadoop data for those with SQL skillsets and eliminating the exclusivity of access… Read more »
With virtually every Hadoop distribution vendor offering SQL-on-Hadoop solutions, the key factor in the market is now the integration between Hadoop and data warehouse technology. Read more »
Data warehouse vendor has made its fourth acquisition of the year, announcing on Wednesday it has bought data-archiving specialist RainStor for an undisclosed amount. RainStor builds an archival system that… Read more »
By pooling their business intelligence data through specialized service providers, companies can potentially get access to new insights and benchmarks from the collective data. Read more »
LinkedIn shed more light Tuesday on a big-data framework dubbed Gobblin that helps the social network take in tons of data from a variety of sources so that it can be… Read more »
The first reveal of AWS Re:invent 2014. Aurora a MySQL-compatible relational database engine to take on Oracle et al. Also lots of goodies for developers including continuous integration and a managed… Read more »