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A different view on a “Database Appliance” concept

Leon — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:57:41 +0000

As the open source faithful have gathered in Portland for the annual O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) Canonical, the company behind an ever popular Linux distribution Ubuntu, announced that it has paired up the latest version of the free DB2 Express-C v9.7 with the latest version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to deliver a free enterprise-grade cloud database appliance.

Not that kind of an appliance

Database appliances, especially for data warehousing, are all the rage. These database appliances deliver a package of hardware and database software that are put together and optimized by the DBMS vendor. Most of [...]

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Top 3 things for data: location, location, location

Leon — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:50:59 +0000

Just like in real estate, location plays a huge role in making data relevant. When it comes to computing, we are no longer chained to our office desks and a large Windows machine. The computing device of choice today is an iPhone, or an a new Android based device, not an old and clunky desktop PC. The new generation and the new population uses phones to compute. In India alone, 15 million mobile telephone subscribers were added every months in 2008. That is like getting the entire population of Canada – every man, woman and child – as [...]

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MySQL Conference: the state of the MySQL community

Leon — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:14:42 +0000

This week I had an opportunity to spend some time at the annual MySQL conference in Santa Clara California. This is the second time I attended this conference. Last time I was at the MySQL conference was in the Spring of 2008 and the big news then was SUN acquisition of MySQL for a cool billion $s. This time it was Oracle swallowing SUN. So, when I was ready to go I was really curious to see how the conference would have changed and what the mood of the community would be.

Here are my highly subjective impressions. [...]

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Learn to use cloud computing for building DB2 applications

Leon — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:28:27 +0000

IBM is running a 3-day virtual event for developers focusing on Cloud Computing. I will be presenting a session on Prototyping and Developing Database Applications in the Cloud on Thursday April 8 at 2:30 EST.

Development and Test has emerged as the leading use case for cloud computing because it delivers maximum benefit with minimal risk compared to other cloud computing use cases. When it comes to DB2, we have it fully cloud enabled. I plan to talk about the benefits and the challenges of leveraging the cloud and practical approaches on how to get started right away [...]

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A free book for a free database

Leon — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:45:01 +0000

This week we were at Lotusphere 2010 demonstrating DB2 Express-C for Lotus Foundations. One of the giveaways we had was a free book on DB2 Express-C. The book proved top be very popular and we ran out very quickly. I also got a lot of questions from people who did not have an opportunity to go to Lotusphere if there was a way to get a copy of the book. My answer is “absolutely, as long as you don’t mind getting it in an electronic form”. A real paper book that you can flip through is always nice [...]

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All the IT that a small business or a branch office needs

Leon — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:50:17 +0000

In the past year we have spent a lot of effort putting DB2 on the cloud and we achieved absolutely fantastic results. Db2 has proven to be a hit on both the Amazon cloud, on RightScale and on the IBM Developer Cloud. But all this focus on running applications on the rented IT infrastructure in the cloud does not mean we don’t care about people who want to have their own IT equipment. The free DB2 Express-C is a good fit for small and medium business and an even better fit for remote offices of very large enterprises. [...]

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Free DB2 vs Microsoft SQL Server and Talking up Cloud on the DB2Night Show

Leon — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:27:45 +0000

The next DB2Night Show episode on Friday December 4 (10am Central) will be a no holds barred comparison of the IBM DB2 Express-C and Microsoft SQL Server Express and we will throw in Oracle XE for good measure. We will also talk about Cloud Computing and its impact on database professionals. This is a must see episode so register now. [...]

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How Cloud Computing will Save DBA’s job

Leon — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:53:45 +0000

Removing CAPEX (capital expense) as an impediment to ITs ability to proceed with new projects will, in my opinion, will allow IT organizations to be more responsive to the needs of the business. It is for that reason, I think every DBA should become the champions of Cloud Computing in their organizations and help their companies focus their IT resources on their core competencies like running and maintaining robust, scalable and high performing database infrastructure) instead of focusing on acquiring data center capacity. [...]

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Register for a free Amazon and IBM webinar on Cloud Computing and get $35

Leon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:20:58 +0000

On this blog I devote a lot of ink to things that are free. With this whole day virtual event (click here to register), not only do you get a day full of education for free, you also get $35 in Amazon Web Services credits to practice everything you learned. You attend free classes and get paid; it is a great deal. October 1 is going to be a great day for anyone who is looking to jump start their skills to build Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. Hear why selecting a combination of industry-leading IBM software [...]

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Need a reason to go to Rome? Check out IDUG Europe Advanced Agenda

Leon — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:20:36 +0000

The next International DB2 User Group conference will be held in the Eternal City, Rome Italy. If you have never been to Rome, you must go and if you have been there before you know you have to return. And what better reason than to attend IDUG Europe and to learn your DB2 skills from the experts and network with your colleagues. Check out this Advance Program for this conference.

Build your own personal itinerary right on the site and make sure to include session F02 How Cloud Computing will Save DBA Jobs. I will be presenting this [...]

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