Getting data into Hadoop is not difficult, but it is complex if you want to load 'live' or semi-live data into your Hadoop cluster from your Oracle and MySQL databases. There are plenty of solutions available, from manually dumping and loading to the good and bad sides of using a tool like Sqoop. Neither are easy and both prone to the problems of lag between the moment you perform the dump and

We are pleased to inform you that the new Continuent Tungsten 2.0.2 is now available. Continuent Tungsten keeps data available to applications 7x24 through hardware failures, maintenance, and software upgrades. It ensures business continuity and performance by keeping up-to-date data closer to the user, and increases application throughput and improves response time by load balancing SQL

New Continuent Tungsten Replicator 2.2.1 is now available for download at www.continuent.com/software and https://code.google.com/p/tungsten-replicator/wiki/Downloads?tm=2.Tungsten Replicator is a high performance, open source, data replication engine for MySQL and Oracle, released under a GPL V2 license. Tungsten Replicator has all the features you expect from enterprise-class data replication

SAN JOSE, CA– May 6, 2014 – Continuent, Inc., a leading provider of open source database clustering and replication solutions, today announced that their recently announced Tungsten Replicator 3.0 solution has been certified by Cloudera, the leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop™. Continuent Tungsten Replicator 3.0 enables organizations to quickly and easily 

Don't miss your opportunity to learn about Continuent Tungsten via our free "Setup & Operate" webcast series. These free webcasts include live presentations and interactive Q&A.Webcast OverviewsSetup & Operate Tungsten ReplicatorMay 15th, 10:00 am PDTTungsten Replicator is an innovative and reliable tool that can solve your most complex replication problems. We will introduce Replicator

In today's webinar, we discuss the multi-master capabilities of Continuent Tungsten to help you build and manage systems that spread data across multiple sites. 

We cover important topics such as setting up large scale topologies, handling failures, and how to handle data privacy issues like removing personally identifiable information or handling privacy law restrictions on data movement. We

ICTexpo Helsinki 2014 offers two effective days full of innovations, inspiration and information - the biggest professional IT show in the Nordics with large scale of solutions to help you to take your business to the next level. Continuent will be exhibiting in Red Hat Village [booth 5f31], which gathers the most significant enterprise level companies from the Open Source ecosystem in Finland

Lean, mean MySQL and hulking Hadoop clusters may seem like an odd couple, but tying them together is now priority #1 for many MySQL users. This keynote talk on 1st day of this year's Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo 2014 explores the data management trends spurring integration, how the MySQL community is stepping up, and where the integration may go in the future. Robert Hodges, CEO at

Hadoop is an increasingly popular means of analyzing transaction data from single MySQL or multiple MySQL servers. Up until now mechanisms for moving data between MySQL and Hadoop have been rather limited. The new Continuent Tungsten Replicator 3.0 provides enterprise-quality replication from MySQL to Hadoop. Tungsten Replicator 3.0 is 100% open source, released under a GPL V2 license, and

Keynotes and Sessions:

Keynote: Getting Serious about MySQL and Hadoop at ContinuentRobert Hodges (CEO, Continuent) Hadoop for MySQL PeopleChris Schneider (Database Architect, Groupon.com) From Dolphins to Elephants: Real-Time MySQL to Hadoop ReplicationMC Brown (Director of Documentation, Continuent), Linas Virbalas (Senior Software Engineer, Continuent) Virtually Available MySQL, or How to