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Red Hat packages newer versions of Ruby, Python
Red Hat has put out a beta release of Software Collections 1.0, in a bid to let developers use newer versions of languages such as Ruby and Python with support.
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PostgreSQL releases updates to address high-risk vulnerability
The PostgreSQL developers released updates for all major branches of the popular open-source database system on Thursday in order to address several vulnerabilities, including a high-risk one that could allow attackers to crash the server, modify configuration variables as superuser or execute arbitrary code if certain conditions are met.
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Salesforce.com 'aggressively investigating' database error
Salesforce.com is "aggressively investigating" a database software error that led to temporary performance problems in part of its infrastructure.
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Western Digital buys Arkeia to boost SMB storage offering
Western Digital has acquired data protection company Arkeia Software as it looks to address growing storage demands among small and medium-size companies.
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PostGres offered as a cloud cluster service
Eyeing greater use of the open source Postgres database in the cloud, hosting provider Open Hosting has launched a service that allows users to run an automated cluster of PostGres databases on the company's own servers.
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Amazon introduces RedShift, a hosted data warehouse service
Adding to an already considerable set of cloud IT offerings, Amazon has introduced a hosted data warehouse service called Redshift, pitching it as a lower-cost alternative to on-premise data warehouse deployments.
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VMware expands Redis open source in-memory data store programming options
Redis, an open source in-memory data store maintained by VMware, has been upgraded to be more stabile and make more judicious use of memory, two traits that should make it more appealing for enterprise deployments.
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Apache's Sqoop is top level project for transferring data with Hadoop
As more organisations deploy Hadoop to analyse vast reams of information, they may find they need to transfer large amounts of data between Hadoop and their existing databases, data warehouses and other data stores. Now the volunteer developers behind a new connector designed to speed this data exchange have gotten the full support from the Apache Software Foundation (ASF).
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Bull Libert TP tool moves legacy Cobol and C apps to Java environment
Bull has unveiled a new transaction processing application platform, Libert TP, which it says will allow businesses to move legacy applications from Cobol or C to a Java environment at their own pace.
