Amazon's Data Shipping Goes Both Ways Now by PC World: Yahoo! Tech

Amazon's Data Shipping Goes Both Ways Now by PC World: Yahoo! Tech: "The AWS Import/Export service, announced in May, lets customers use standard shipping services to send Amazon chunks of data that would take days or weeks to get there on typical leased lines. For example, enterprises with a T-1 line (1.5Mb per second) typically can avoid an 82-day upload by sending 1TB of data via AWS Import/Export, according to Amazon. Customers are already uploading terabytes of data every week, the company said."

Rittman Mead Consulting � Blog Archive � Drilling Down in the Oracle Next-Generation Reference DW Architecture

Rittman Mead Consulting � Blog Archive � Drilling Down in the Oracle Next-Generation Reference DW Architecture

It Must be Crap on Relational Dabases Week | High Scalability

It Must be Crap on Relational Dabases Week | High Scalability: "It's hard to be a relational database lately. After years of faithful service everywhere you look the world is turning against you:"

Where Oracle's Applications Stack Sees Red Ink, Its Customers See Opportunity - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

Where Oracle's Applications Stack Sees Red Ink, Its Customers See Opportunity - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership: "The timing of all this is beneficial for Oracle customers: The end of Oracle's fiscal year arrives soon (May 31), and buyers may now have more leverage to sign very favorable end-of-year deals.

'Oracle provides the sweetest discounts and deals as it approaches its fiscal fourth quarter,' notes a March 2009 Forrester Research report (subscription required). 'Forrester has seen indications that Oracle is displaying a growing willingness to provide incentives for new licenses, creative implementation proposals by Oracle Consulting, free training and vendor-led financing.'"

MySQL Admin and Development Tools Round Up | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine

MySQL Admin and Development Tools Round Up | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine