How do you map a sphere to a plane?
SpaceCurve looks like the sine qua non of geo-spatial databases.
Oracle in-memory
Oracle has announced an in-memory option for Oracle Database 12c
Oracle ups the storage ante
Oracle has announced the ZS3, which integrates with Oracle Database 12c
BLU Acceleration
BLU Acceleration provides significantly improved query performance in IBM DB2 data warehousing environments.
What exactly is in-memory?
In-memory processing can be used for a lot of different things within data warehousing
Is YourSQL running too slowly?
Tokutek provides an interesting alternative to sharding, SSDs or relacement databases if MySQL is running too slowly
The EDW is dead
It's not just big data, the EDW doesn't work even for structured environments
DataRush extends its boundaries
The latest release of Pervasive DataRush extends its acapabilities to include data mining capabilities.
Netezza Advanced Analytics
Netezza has introduced the TwinFin iClass
Going to the Xtreme
I recently discussed XtremeData's DBx appliance. I now have more details. As I mentioned before it is based on PostgreSQL but only the front-end of that has been retained while the back-end has...