article thumbnail

Why NoSQL Is The Wrong Choice For A CIO — Sometimes

The Accidental Successful CIO

Open source noSQL databases seem to appear to be the solution to all of their data processing needs. noSQl will be the right database to use when you have BASE workloads that are clearly not ACID, when you have a great deal of data , and when you want to be able to run your database using commodity hardware and software.

article thumbnail

- Microsoft vs Open Source

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

In this environment, it sure is tempting to chuck Microsoft’s Office and web products and their complicated Enterprise and Select Agreements in favor of open source equivalents. And the software for open source is on the web and freely available for such hackers to view! But this developer community is nebulous.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

More On Hadoop World: Expect action oriented sessions that will inform your Big Data strategy

CTOvision

This year’s event is expected to draw record attendance, with well over 2,500 end users, business leaders, solution providers, and open source contributors for three days of tutorials, workshops and discussions about the tools and techniques that make data work. Apache Sentry Meetup (hosted by Oracle). About Cloudera.

Big Data 182
article thumbnail

what every open source project needs

SPF13

In the last few years open source has transformed the software industry. From Android to Wikipedia, open source is everywhere, but how does one succeed in it? What Every Successful Open Source Project Needs. Open Source Companies • Redhat $13B • Cloudera $3B • MongoDB $1.6B • Docker $.5B

article thumbnail

Technology Short Take #63

Scott Lowe

Matt Oswalt recently unveiled (and open sourced) a framework called ToDD, which stands for “Testing on Demand: Distributed”. Servers/Hardware. Ravello Systems (now part of Oracle Cloud following their acquisition by Oracle) has a REST API that allows you to programmatically interact with their service.

Vmware 60
article thumbnail

Technology Short Take #82

Scott Lowe

Servers/Hardware. Ryan Kelly shows readers how to configure Harbor (open source container registry project) to use Amazon S3 for storage. Here’s an example of using Ansible to clone Oracle Grid infrastructure. This article gives an overview and brief introduction to eBPF. Nothing this time around.

Vmware 60
article thumbnail

16 best entry-level IT certifications to launch your career

CIO Business Intelligence

The courses are designed to be completed in succession, starting with the Apple Device Support course, which focuses on the skills and expertise you’ll need as a help desk professional, technical coordinator, or service provider for an organization that relies on Apple hardware and software.

SCRUM 135