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DBA Appreciation Day — Business Leaders: Are You Jettisoning Expertise That You Need?

It's Database Administrator (DBA) appreciation day. We hadn't forgotten. Hopefully neither have you. It's a job that helps keep mission…

MongoDB Gets a New Distribution, as Percona Grasps the Nettle

Open source database specialist Percona today announced its very own MongoDB distribution (and managed services for it); an unusual move…

How to Avoid Open Source Traps

These days it is clear that open source software is the default choice for development and infrastructure. Whenever you look…

Choosing an Open Source Stack – And Avoiding a False Economy

While more organisations are adopting open source software (over 95 percent according to Gartner), selecting and building an open source…

Autonomous Databases – Are You Handing Over Control for the Right Reasons?

Whenever you have an application, you have data. Aside from the result of your carefully crafted application, the application will…

Database Diversity: The Dirt, the Data

Companies are using an increasingly eclectic mix of databases, a survey of 836 enterprise database users from around the world…