With IBM intending to acquire Netezza the predicted consolidation in the distributed analytics market is well underway.  Recent deals include EMC/Greenplum Teradata/Kickfire and now IBM/Netezza.  A good breakdown of this deal is on Curt’s blog.  There is still more to go of course with one of the crown jewels, Vertica, still ripe for the picking. 

What this indicates is that MPP analytics has moved from the innovative edge into the mainstream market and now the more risk adverse large caps and now willing to invest substantially in growing this market.  Interestingly Microsoft made this move early with the …

As a follow up of this post I'd like to inform all the readers that the What's New event will be replicated in Rome on Oct, 7.

Join us at this live event to better understand what’s new with MySQL. You will learn more about the current and future state of MySQL, now part of the Oracle family of products. We will also cover Oracle’s investment in MySQL aiming to make it even a better MySQL.

In particular the following topics will be discussed:

• Oracle’s MySQL Strategy
• What’s New for:
  • The MySQL Server
  • MySQL Cluster
  • MySQL Enterprise
  • MySQL Workbench
  …

JavaOne starts on Monday, but several key events are tomorrow, Sunday, including the keynote for OOW and the GlassFish Community Event and Party :-).

This will be a very busy week; below is a list of guides to (some) of the main events.

The JavaOne Conference Blog is the official source:

• Sunday Night Keynote Party @ the Zone
• Keynotes Set the Tone
• …

One of many things I really enjoyed working as a Sales Engineer back at MySQL Ab and Sun was that I was paid full time to encourage companies to use open source for their database layer. While Linux has already become the norm for the operating system on servers, and open source alternatives exist for app servers, it wasn't until a few years ago we really started seeing major traction of that in the database layer. And I was happy to be a small part of it!

I'm not really a salesy person. I mean I'm good at evangelizing something I believe in, addressing customer business needs and such. But you couldn't get me to lift a finger just to meet a quota, if I didn't really believe in the product. Which is what good sales guys can do. (Also known as "selling what you have in the truck".)

But thinking back at my time selling MySQL, I felt it was a great privilege to be paid a salary to travel to companies around Europe and spend a day …

DISCLAIMER: This post contains no technical MySQL content however it is good news for the MySQL Community.

MySQL content will be included for the first time with the LAOUC (Latin American Oracle Usergroups Council) Oracle tour that is being organized in conjunction with OTN (Oracle Technology Network).

I have no idea what MySQL user communities are in South America however if you live in any of the following cities, please feel free to contact me. I am happy to have additional discussion regarding MySQL or help in some way if there is interest in any cities.

This seven country tour includes:

• Oct 12 – Lima, Peru
• Oct 14 – Santiago, Chile
• Oct 16 – Montevideo, Uruguay
• Oct 18 – São Paulo, Brazil
…

Welcome to Log Buffer, the weekly roundup of database industry news. We’re only a week or so away from Oracle OpenWorld. Everyone is buzzing with activity, promoting their speaking sessions and making last minute plans. For all of you bloggers who will be attending, don’t miss the annual Bloggers Meetup, announced recently by Alex Gorbachev. “Count yourself in” if you’ll be joining the gang so that accurate attendee numbers can be provided to Jillian’s to ensure everyone is well fed and watered ;)

In recent days, if anything has created massive tremors in the IT industry it is the news of Mark Hurd joining the …

I will be at VLDB 2010 next week.  If anyone on this blog is attending and wants to catch up to discuss start ups and innovation in DB, NoSQL, Big Data etc drop me a line and I will try to meet up.

Join us at this live event in Milan to better understand what’s new with MySQL. You will learn more about the current and future state of MySQL, now part of the Oracle family of products. We will also cover Oracle’s investment in MySQL aiming to make it even a better MySQL.

In particular the following topics will be discussed:

• Oracle’s MySQL Strategy
• What’s New for:
  • The MySQL Server
  • MySQL Cluster
  • MySQL Enterprise
  • MySQL Workbench

Stay tuned because we are organizing a similar event in Rome that will be announced soon. Attendance is free, but you’ll need to register in advance. Seats are limited, …