IBM releases DB2 version 10, the first big upgrade in four years

	As 60th anniversary nears, tape reinvents itself | White House launches big data R&D effort
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	IBM releases DB2 version 10, the first big upgrade in four years Sensing a change in the way customers store and analyze data, IBM has updated its flagship DB2 relational database management software to handle a wider range of data processing duties. The company has also updated its InfoSphere data warehouse software, IBM announced. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue In this Issue As 60th anniversary nears, tape reinvents itself White House launches big data R&D effort Apache promotes Sqoop as Top Level Project Long Beach, Calif. failed to collect $17.6M in fines, blames software Hitachi releases first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive Information Builders gives its BI platform more cloud-like capabilities Google Drive will offer 5GB of free storage, leak suggests PCIe SSD task force to tackle interoperability issues Yahoo to implement do-not-track worldwide this year Google launches e-discovery option for Apps suite Preston Gralla: Here's how I know Google knows too much about me -- California bat protection IBM to develop telescope data analysis system Dell buys application modernization firm Clerity RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com 100% Application Availability in the Cloud Optimize your infrastructure for mission-critical applications while minimizing costs. Powered by Microsoft SQL Server and Hosting.com. Availability--Performance--Scalability--Security. Guaranteed. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! As 60th anniversary nears, tape reinvents itself Digital tape media will turn 60 in May, and while tape sales are on the decline, new open file specifications like LTFS and new markets could revive tape for the long term. Read More White House launches big data R&D effort Six U.S. government agencies will spend more than $200 million to help the government better organize and analyze large volumes of digital data, in a new "big data" research and development effort announced by President Barack Obama's administration. Read More Apache promotes Sqoop as Top Level Project The Apache Software Foundation connects Hadoop to databases and data warehouses with Sqoop. Read More Long Beach, Calif. failed to collect $17.6M in fines, blames software Traffic-law violators in Long Beach, California, have gotten to keep a little more money in their wallets, as the municipality has failed to collect US$17.6 million in outstanding parking violation fees due to an "antiquated" software system, according to a report released by city auditor Laura Doud. Read More Hitachi releases first enterprise-class 4TB hard drive Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announced its first enterprise-class 4TB desktop hard drive, which offers one-third more capacity than its predecessor. Read More Information Builders gives its BI platform more cloud-like capabilities Information Builders has added a range of improvements to its WebFocus BI (business intelligence) platform that will make it more appealing to ISVs that want to offer it as a cloud service, the company announced. Read More WEBCAST: Autonomy Understand Your Data: The Future of Backup and Archiving Join us to hear the impact of private and public cloud solutions, "big data" and your choices while market evolves. Learn More Google Drive will offer 5GB of free storage, leak suggests It looks as though Google will offer users 5GB of free cloud storage space on its new Drive service. Read More PCIe SSD task force to tackle interoperability issues The Storage Networking Industry Association is forming a task force to tackle interoperability issues related to PCIe-based solid-state drives. So far, 50 industry representatives have agreed to participate. Read More Yahoo to implement do-not-track worldwide this year Yahoo websites worldwide will comply with visitors' "do not track" preferences starting later this year, Yahoo announced. Read More Google launches e-discovery option for Apps suite Google is offering customers of its Apps for Business communications and collaboration suite an optional service that automatically captures, archives and indexes their employees' e-mail messages and IM chat sessions. Read More Preston Gralla: Here's how I know Google knows too much about me -- California bat protection Sometimes Google's ad-delivering algorithms reveal just how much the company knows about you, such as the contents of your email. I found this out in a personal way when a month ago Google delivered an odd ad to me in Gmail from a service promising to protect me against bats in California. Read More IBM to develop telescope data analysis system IBM is developing new data management and analysis technologies for what will be the world's largest radio telescope. The Square Kilometre Array, due to become operational in 2024, will produce so much data that even tomorrow's off-the-shelf computers will have difficulty processing all of it, the company predicted. Read More Dell buys application modernization firm Clerity Dell said it has purchased application modernization vendor Clerity Solutions, in its second enterprise software-related acquisition in a week. Read More
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