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Gartner Predictions 2013 (Opinion): The Year of Big Data Tooling

December 11, 2012 -- IDG Connect

Over the past four years, we have seen a dramatic shift in the way enterprises store and analyze information. It seems that everywhere you turn these days, there is someone talking about Big Data - a topic on every CIO's mind right now and for good reason. At the Gartner Symposium/IT expo in October 2012, the IT analyst firm indicated that Big Data will create 4.4 million new IT jobs globally. By 2016, analysts predict that Big Data will have driven $232 billion in global IT spending.

While we have developed cost effective databases capable of handling the gigantic amounts of data being generated today, there is more work to be done in Big Data tooling. As the costs have decreased, organizations are increasingly striving to utilize as much of their data as possible. In 2013, we are bound to see significant development in both the number and quality of Big Data tooling applications. We will look at 2013 as the year Big Data became mature

MongoDB Available via Cloud Subscription

December 11, 2012 -- Virtualization Review

MongoDB, the open source NoSQL database from 10gen, will be available in an on-demand Cloud Subscription version to 10gen's reseller partners.

10gen collaborated with cloud infrastructure provider SoftLayer Technology to provide the first Cloud Subscription release. Its features include are optimized hardware and OS configurations, automated deployment of multi-data-center clusters, and integrated monitoring and support.

13 Big Data Vendors to Watch in 2013

December 11, 2012 -- InformationWeek

10gen is the developer and commercial support provider behind open source MongoDB. Among six NoSQL databases highlighted in this roundup (along with DynamoDB, Cassandra, HBase, CouchBase and Neo Technologies), MongoDB is distinguished as the leading document database. As such it can handle semi-structured information encoded in JSON (Java Script Object Notation), XML or other document formats. The big attraction is flexibility, speed and ease of use, as you can quickly embrace new data without the rigid schemas and data transformations required by relational databases.

Web Served, part 4: Get your database on

December 11, 2012 -- Ars Technica

Relational databases are a fairly old concept, having been around for more than 40 years, and they get the job done. However, they're not the only game in town. There's a broad class of databases referred to as NoSQL databases, which eschew tables and primary keys and Structured Query Language, instead using alternate kinds of storage, organization, or language. The NoSQL landscape is vast, but one of the more common NoSQL databases is MongoDB, which has some SQL-like properties but which stores its data in JSON format. Another is Redis, which is a very fast database (it lives entirely in RAM, though it backs itself up to disk periodically) that stores its contents as key-value pairs instead of in tables.

10gen announces new courses to entice developers to MongoDB

December 4, 2012 -- TechWorld

10gen, the company behind popular NoSQL database MongoDB, has announced new courses and dates for its free online MongoDB education programme, in an attempt to steal more developers away from Oracle. Winter 2013 classes include “MongoDB for Developers,” taught by 10gen’s vice president of education Andrew Erlichson, “MongoDB for DBAs,” taught by 10gen CEO Dwight Merriman, and “MongoDB for Java Developers,” a new class to be taught by Erlichson

10Gen's MongoDB and SoftLayer roll out instant NoSQL Cloud

December 4, 2012 -- Network World

10Gen, makers of the open source MongoDB NoSQL database, are demonstrating once again why they are a leader in the quickly growing cloud DB market by rolling out a new cloud subscription model with SoftLayer Technologies, a leading cloud and hosting provider. Under the program the two companies will offer "on demand" Mongo servers across the entire SoftLayer infrastructure.
The offering features clustered servers, optimized hardware and software and most importantly integrated billing, monitoring, support and provisioning. Both companies collaborated on the integration of the MongoDB software into SoftLayer's infrastructure, as well as devising support responsibilities.

SoftLayer Launches Big Data Solution with 10Gen and MongoDB

December 4, 2012 -- The Web Host Industry Review & News

Hosting and cloud infrastructure provider SoftLayer announced on Tuesday that it has launched a new “big data” solution, in partnership with 10Gen, the company behind the MongoDB NoSQL database, built around that company’s best practices for deployment , and on SoftLayer’s Bare Metal Cloud hardware. SoftLayer says the new offering provides pay-as-you-go pre-built and 10Gen-certified MongoDB systems featuring “optimized hardware and OS configurations” that can be easily designed and deployed, and are supported in part by 10Gen’s new MongoDB Cloud Subscriptions.

Big Data Made Easier: SoftLayer, 10gen Partner to Bring On-Demand MongoDB to the Cloud

December 4, 2012 -- CMSWire

Open Source MongoDB sponsor, 10gen, and global cloud infrastructure provider SoftLayer Technologies understand all of this only too well; that’s why they’ve partnered to deliver MongoDB on-demand. It’s a first of its kind Cloud offering that takes the guesswork out of deploying and managing MongoDB production class systems.

New: Slick MongoDB Managed Service from Softlayer and 10gen

December 4, 2012 -- GigaOM

If you’re a MongoDB fan but would rather not futz too much with your set up and clusters, SoftLayer has a deal for you. The cloud provider worked with 10gen, the company behind the fan-favorite NoSQL database, on a new on-demand MongoDB service that takes a lot of the sweat out of deployment and lets you pay for MongoDB as you go.

10gen's MongoDB - An Oracle Slayer?

December 3, 2012 -- CMSWire

Chances are that you’ve already experienced its power as a consumer. 10gen, which sponsors Open Source MongoDB, counts foursquare, Disney, MTV Networks, Craigslist, Intuit, eBay and Orbitz, among many others, as its customers. And the database is quickly gaining traction everywhere else as well; job search engine Indeed.com says that “MongoDB” is the second fastest growing skill set listed in job postings on the web. Add to that that 10gen (its business revolves around MongoDB) was named as the ninth fastest growing startup by the Wall Street Journal in September. Matt Asay, the company’s VP of Strategy, says that they have more than 500 paying customers, which isn’t too shabby considering that MongoDB wasn’t even available to the public until 2009. Today it is the world’s most popular NoSQL database.

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