This article is the third in a series on data fabric design and introduces the fabric connector service design pattern.  The previous article in this series introduced the transactional data service design pattern, which defines individual data stores and is the building block for data fabrics based on SQL databases.  The fabric connector builds on transactional data services and is another basic building block of fabric architecture.

Description and Responsibilities
Fabric connectors make a collection of DBMS servers look like a single server.  The fabric connector presents what appears to be a data service API to applications.  It


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Teradata results. Funding for DataXu. The chemistry of data. And more.

For 451 Research clients: Oracle launches major update to MySQL open source database bit.ly/TSONAt

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For 451 clients: Analyzing the chemistry of data bit.ly/TSOV2R By @451wendy Treating sensitive data like dangerous chemicals

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Teradata: Q4 net income $112m on revenue up 10% to $740m, FY net income $419m on revenue up 13% to $2.7bn. bit.ly/14FNS8L

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This article is the second in a series on data fabric design and introduces the transactional data service design pattern.  The previous article in this series introduced data fabrics, which are collections of off-the-shelf DBMS servers that applications can connect to like a single server.  They are implemented from data fabric design patterns, which are reusable arrangements of DBMS servers, replication, and connectivity.  With this article we begin to look at individual design patterns in detail.

Description and Responsibilities
The transactional data service is a basic building block of data fabric architectures.  A transactional data service is a DBMS server that processes transactions submitted by applications and stores data safely.


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Oracle launches MySQL 5.6. IBM expands PureData line. And more

For 451 Research clients: IBM adds to PureData family with new Netezza-based system for analytics bit.ly/UXhZ8G

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For 451 clients: Panopticon illuminates real-time visual analysis business, rides SAP’s HANA coattails bit.ly/YQpemt By Krishna Roy

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Oracle Announces General Availability of MySQL 5.6 mwne.ws/XTC2Se

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