By Michael Coburn Michael Coburn is a product manager at Percona. For database administrators (DBAs), keeping databases running at peak performance can be a little like spinning plates: It takes agility, …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: December 2017
South Korea to tax Bitcoin profits, ban foreigners from trading
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•Foreigners and minors will be prevented from creating accounts or trading virtual currencies in South Korea, the government said, while it will also tax profits for investors. …read more Source:: oss watch
Hong Kong media giants push piracy block
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•TVBO Productions and TVB are seeking to have the Australian Federal Court order ISPs to block alleged copyright-infringing websites that are accessed via specific smart TV boxes and associated apps. …read more Source:: oss watch
Microsoft’s new Unified Support plan may result in price increases
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•Gartner is warning that Microsoft’s new Unified Support program for business users could result in higher costs for some organizations. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Skype banned, WhatsApp blocked: What’s Middle East’s problem with messenger apps?
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•Some Middle Eastern countries seem to have a difficult relationship with VoIP services and messenger apps …read more Source:: oss watch
AI is more than automation on steroids, it amplifies human innovation
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•Successful artificial intelligence capabilities opens up new ways of thinking, and new ways of thinking lead to great AI systems. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Google lifts lid on FBI data requests: Now you can read actual letters online
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•Google publishes all the National Security Letters on its Transparency Report that it’s been cleared to disclose. …read more Source:: oss watch
Data retention compliance cost AU$50m less than anticipated: ACMA
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•The total cost of complying with Australia’s data retention laws was AU$176.2 million by June 2017, which was partially offset by the AU$128 million grants and AU$26.6 million in costs …read more Source:: oss watch
IDG Contributor Network: The trifecta for your next-generation database: cloud, platform-as-a-service, and open source
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•By David Yahalom 2017 has been a pivotal year for the database technologies market, with several massive paradigm shifts that shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Companies are pivoting away from the …read more Source:: OpenSource
Why old-school PostgreSQL is so hip again
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•By Matt Asay PostgreSQL (aka Postgres) is old as dirt, yet over the past five years it has panned out as pure gold. MongoDB got the billion-dollar IPO and AWS launched the …read more Source:: OpenSource