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Putting NoSQL In Its Place

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Database Diversity We’ll call it the NoSQL Pessimism Variable: The number of search results you see before you find a page disparaging NoSQL as a viable...

Happy Internet of Things Day!

April 9th, 2013 is Internet of Things Day! Happy Internet of Things Day! #IoT — Kevin Ashton (@Kevin_Ashton) April 9, 2013 The futurist in me wishes that meant it is the day we all sift through our...

Big Data #2 – Big Data Speaks (Ace Comic)

This entry is part 16 of 19 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA If you missed the first Big Data Ace Comic, check it out now! Related: See the first Big Data Ace Comic: Big Data Want to make...

Sensors Everywhere in the Internet of Things

Back in 1999 I worked on a project with the US Army that incorporated RFID scanners for logistics tracking. At the time it was an extraordinarily neat concept, using a combination of Oracle, Forms (in...

FORALL operations IN oracle

Bulk binds and bulk loading are nothing new; in fact, the feature came out in Oracle 8i. This was a time when Oracle Parallel Servers roamed the land, pfiles were all the rage, and connecting internal was a...

New Standards (Ace Comic)

This entry is part 15 of 19 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA  Related: Don’t let yourself become part of the NoDBA team! Grow Thyself. If your conference tables look like this one (DBA on one...