“Developers, as you know, do not like to pay for things”

Cockroach Labs has many things going for it. The company’s approach to distributed database technology is novel, and it has the potential to gain significant market share internationally. Continue reading “Developers, as you know, do not like to pay for things”

Scaling CockroachDB in the red ocean of relational databases

CockroachDB’s success is not guaranteed. It has to overcome significant hurdles to secure a profitable place among well-established database technologies owned by companies with very deep pockets. Continue reading Scaling CockroachDB in the red ocean of relational databases

MariaDB Community Server 10.6 extends JSON and Oracle compatibility

MariaDB announced the general availability of MariaDB Community Server 10.6, a major new release that brings significant advancements to the open source MariaDB community. MariaDB Community Server 10.6 adds important features for developers with JSON t… Continue reading MariaDB Community Server 10.6 extends JSON and Oracle compatibility

Nutanix and HPE expand partnership to accelerate hybrid cloud and multicloud adoption

Nutanix and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced an expanded partnership to accelerate hybrid cloud and multicloud adoption by offering Nutanix Era, a multi-database operations and management solution, bundled with HPE ProLiant servers, as a serv… Continue reading Nutanix and HPE expand partnership to accelerate hybrid cloud and multicloud adoption

MariaDB updates MariaDB SkySQL cloud database, expands support for AWS

MariaDB announced major new updates to MariaDB SkySQL cloud database, including expanded support for Amazon Web Services (AWS). With this release, SkySQL gains new strength with transparent high availability that immunizes applications against database… Continue reading MariaDB updates MariaDB SkySQL cloud database, expands support for AWS