Sorry Database Nerds, Nobody Actually Gives a Shit…
So I’ve been in more than a few conversations about data structures, various academic conversations and other notions about where and how data should be stored. I’ve been on projects and managed projects that involve teams of people determining how to manage data so that other people can just not manage data. They want to […]
The Database Deluge… Who’s Who
These are the top NoSQL Solutions in the market today that are open source, readily available, with a strong and active community, and actively making forward progress in development and innovations in the technology. I’ve provided them here, in no order, with basic descriptions, links to their main website presence, and with short lists of […]
dotCloud Ramps Up Their Offering
dotCloud, San Francisco based platform services company letting you build your own platform stack across three data centers, yesterday announced that they are ramping up their platform stack support with support for web sockets, MongoDB 2.0 and vertical scaling. After being relatively quiet for sometime (at least, I didn’t hear much about them), they are […]
AppFog, Fort of Awesome & Node PDX Updated!
Time for the secret to be out of the bag. I’m currently working on contract with the awesome company of AppFog in the Fort of Awesome. Let me tell you, it is indeed awesome too! You might ask why I am working with them? How do I align with them? What is it they do? […]
10gen Announces $20 M Funding And MongoDB 2.0 Is Out
10gen (previous CloudAve coverage), the company behind open source MongoDB database (previous CloudAve coverage), today announced a new round of funding worth $20 Million backed by Sequoia Capital with the support of existing investors, Flybridge Capital and Union Square Ventures. 10gen has raised $31 Million since their inception in 2007. This will help 10gen to expand […]
10Gen Raises $6.5M funding To Push MongoDB Ahead In The NoSQL Race
10Gen, the commercial company behind Open Source MongoDB NoSQL database, today announced a $6.5 Million round of funding. This round is lead by Sequoia Capital with participation from prior investors Flybridge Capital Partners and Union Square Ventures. The open source MongoDB database has 90,000 downloads per month and companies like bit.ly, foursquare, IGN and Sourceforge […]
Northscale Pushes Open Source Membase Into The Crowded NoSQL Market
Northscale, the company founded by leaders of open source Memcached project, yesterday announced that they have joined with Zynga and NHN (a Korea based game and search services company) to establish the open source Membase project (See our previous coverage of Northscale here). Membase is an elastic NoSQL database that is fully compatible with Memcached. This […]
