On The Margins(Masood Mortazavi)Java DB 10.4.1- April 29, 2008 The 10.4.1 version of Java DB, the world's most advanced Java database, has some really cool features -- asynchronous replication, table functions and JMX capabilities. Sun engineers worked within the ApacheDerby community to develop these features: A great team. A great product. A great community! If you're a serious user of Java DB (andor of Apache Derby) and plan to use this product in your business, you should consider the multi-platform, software support services for Java DB -- Sun's.http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/java_db_10_4_1 Tolven Health PostgreSQL Benchmark- April 25, 2008 Tolven Health has published a benchmarking study with PostgreSQL on Solaris. The purpose of the study was to "to assess the scalability and performance characteristics of the Tolven open source healthcare information technology solution and to provide guidance for customers with regards to hardware requirements for enterprise, state, regional, and country wide deployments."http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/tolven_health_postgresql_benchmark Skype and Sun- April 16, 2008 Skype and Sun have much in commonincluding not only their leveraging of the Internet but also their support for PostgreSQL! They are both Gold Sponsors of PGCon 2008.http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/skype_and_sun It Runs Your Company- April 16, 2008 Monty's T-Shirt says it all.http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/it_runs_your_company Community Dinner- April 14, 2008 Giuseppe Maxia blogs about the MySQL community dinner with some special guests in attendance.http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/community_dinner The Real News- April 13, 2008 In modern times, distribution has become the bottleneck or the "filter" for ideas.Those sources that have access or control of distribution shape the ideas that arrive before our eyes and ears. Internet, at least as it stands today, affords distribution to other sources. However, this medium of distribution might not last long as we know it and, as the volume of content grows, searching for what matters becomes like searching for a needle in a giant haystack. Example:.http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/the_real_news Open Source Databases on the Rise- April 9, 2008 Christopher Lawton of The Wall Street Journal reports on the rise of the open source databases:The potential benefits in cost and flexibility have not been lost on customers. The market for open-source databases is expected to grow 35% to $270 million this year from $200 million in 2007, according to Gartner Inc. Among the earliest adopters are midsized companies, which don't always need the high-end features of conventional databases, says Carl Olofson, analyst with IDC,...http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/open_source_databases_on_the The Conference Around the Corner- April 2, 2008 For those living in the Silicon Valley and working on software for the Web, one of the best technology conferences of the year will arrive literally around the corner: MySQL Conference & Expo, April 14 to 17, 2008, here in Santa Clara California.http://blogs.sun.com/MortazaviBlog/entry/the_conference_around_the_corner |