Product name: MongoDB 2.2
Key features: MongoDB, the leading NoSQL database, provides developers and enterprises agility, scalability and high performance.The latest release includes a real-time aggregation framework, multi-data center support and 600+ other new features.
Take a look at all the hiring action going on at database startup 10gen. Within the last 60 days, the company has hired a bunch of big names in enterprise tech, including open-source guru Matt Asay. Asay is best known for his role as COO of Linux vendor Canonical, makers of Ubuntu Linux, and for his work on open-source software licenses when he studied at Stanford Law School.
The relational database has been the predominant method for organising business information for decades. The ubiquity of the database model is testament to its utility, but it is not without its flaws.
According to Max Schireson, CEO of 10gen – one of a wave of companies plotting to disrupt the dominance of the relational database – flexibility is the relational model’s Achilles heel. In a relational database, he explains, data is stored in predefined fields, such as first name, last name and payroll number.
Many people believe that 2012 represents the end of the world due to some quirk of the ancient Mayan calendar. I'm not so sure about that. But I do know the end of the year is approaching, so it seems like a good time to ponder the future and consider what might constitute the demise of the tech world as we know it. A number of scenarios could play out and seriously damage the technology industry and all the people who depend on it. With that happy thought in mind, let's review some possibilities for 2012 and beyond.
Disaster scenario No. 5: Oracle buys MongoDB; IBM buys Couchbase While MongoDB isn't the only document database in town, it's certainly the best-funded and most widely deployed.
Red Hat has expanded its OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) ecosystem with a PHP-flavored enhancement by collaborating with Zend...Developers will get data and bytecode caching and the ability to use job queue capabilities to speed up core application processes. OpenShift is also said to make it simple to plug in additional software cartridges like MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL to work with developers' PHP applications.
10gen president Max Schireson sat down and spoke with SiliconAngle founder John Furrier on theCube at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 to talk about MongoDB. MongoDB is an open source database system developed by 10gen. Max Schireson notes that the company has had rapid growth and progress recently. They went from a team of 25 last year to 175 today. This growth coincides with the customer expansion that has occurred. Initially MongoDB was mainly being utilized by web companies like Craigslist, Foursquare, and Shutterfly. They have now expanded into banks and telcos as well.
EdX is proud to announce that it will be adding yet more courses to its database by partnering with a popular online giant; a company called 10gen who will work through a database platform called MongoDB. 10gen, a company that specializes in software development has stated that it will be making use of MongoDB in order to begin offering two online courses through edX; something which has many prospective students very excited.
The new classes which are being offered by 10gen will be added to the growing collection of courses from MITx, Harvardx and most recently Berkeleyx, and so the business is certainly in esteemed company. While these institutions are offering their classes through the main edX platform 10gen will actually be offering their courses via edX on the platform MongoDB; they can be accessed via 10gen’s site instead of through the usual edX site.
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For processing and querying data sets that are characterised by huge volumes and enormous variability (a.k.a. big data), employing NoSQL on clusters of cheap servers for high-powered analytics becomes an increasingly attractive alternative to a large SQL appliance, especially when it is used in conjunction with MapReduce technology to crunch the data: NoSQL databases are generally distributed pre-integrated with Hadoop, or at least with built-in support.
“If you’re storing data in a relational database and you want to run it through Hadoop, you need to take the data out of the database, put it into HDFS [Hadoop File System], do the analytics in Hadoop, take the result of that and put it back into the database. With Mongo you can do those operations in real time while it’s still in the operational database. You can also mix and match database-style queries with Hadoop-style MapReduce analytics,” said Schireson.
Software company 10gen, developer of the popular MongoDB database platform, announced last week that it will be offering two free online courses on MongoDB, using the edX platform. Academic classes from HarvardX, MITx, and BerkeleyX are offered on the main edX website. 10gen’s classes, although using the edX platform, will be offered on 10gen’s website and not on the main edX website.EdX officials have characterized the software as an open platform that can be used by other groups to offer courses of their own.