Oracle prepares to enter PaaS wars

	NoSQL vendor 10Gen secures $42M in fresh funding | HP appoints new head of software
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	Oracle prepares to enter PaaS wars Oracle may lay out how it plans to become a player in the burgeoning PaaS (platform as a service) market next week during a webcast event featuring CEO Larry Ellison and co-president Mark Hurd. Read More WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > In this Issue NoSQL vendor 10Gen secures $42M in fresh funding HP appoints new head of software Supercomputer to connect to 400PB of storage via Ethernet Google's Android did not infringe Oracle patents, jury finds How to make PHP apps scale RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Good Technology Maximize Mobile Choices for Employees Is a tidal wave of consumer mobile devices flooding your workplace? You're not alone. Most IT professionals are under pressure from mobile professionals, who have a strong preference for Bring Your Own Device or BYOD. Rather than fight the growing tide, smart IT is looking for ways to give employees greater mobility, while minimizing risk and cost. Click to continue NoSQL vendor 10Gen secures $42M in fresh funding 10Gen, one of the leading vendors of NoSQL database technologies, has secured $42 million in fresh funding from New Enterprise Associates and existing investors such as Sequoia Partners and Flybridge Capital. Read More HP appoints new head of software Following through on promises to shuffle the ranks of upper management, Hewlett-Packard has hired George Kadifa to head the company's software division and has promoted Bill Veghte, who formerly led the division, to the role of chief operating officer. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Good Technology Maximize Mobile Choices for Employees Is a tidal wave of consumer mobile devices flooding your workplace? You're not alone. Most IT professionals are under pressure from mobile professionals, who have a strong preference for Bring Your Own Device or BYOD. Rather than fight the growing tide, smart IT is looking for ways to give employees greater mobility, while minimizing risk and cost. Click to continue Supercomputer to connect to 400PB of storage via Ethernet The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has chosen a massive tape library and disk array system to support of Blue Waters, one of the world's largest supercomputers. Read More Google's Android did not infringe Oracle patents, jury finds Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found in a setback for Oracle. Read More How to make PHP apps scale The most popular language for Web apps, PHP tends to buckle under heavy loads -- unless you opt for cloud scaling and a NoSQL back end. Read More
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