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Big data MySQL Fork Drizzle Finally Releases First General Availability Version Drizzle, a lightweight fork of MySQL, released its first general availability version today. Drizzle is designed for multicore environments and cloud applications. Unlike NoSQL databases, Drizzle still uses structure queried language. Instead, it attempts to improve performance by cutting the database server down to its core. Hack Klint Finley View comments
Tips Imagine K12 Launches a New Incubator for Ed-Tech Startups A new incubator program, Imagine K12, launched today in Palo Alto aimed specifically at building entrepreneurship in the education space. Founded by three Silicon Valley veterans - Tim Brady, Alan Louie, and Geoff Ralston - Imagine K12 will support early stage ed-tech startups through a funding and mentorship program. Describing itself as… Audrey Watters View comments
RWCloudSponsored 3 Case Studies: Solving Server Sprawl with Virtualization Organizations that consider virtualization often face issues that keep the operation from running at top performance. Server sprawl is a big problem that when addressed often allows companies to dramatically reduce the number of servers it maintains. The following case studies all demonstrate the opportunities that come when the decision is… Alex Williams View comments
Tools Engine Yard Releases Heroku Migration Tool Engine Yard announced today the availability of a tool to transfer applications from Heroku's Ruby platform-as-a-service to Engine Yard's own Ruby PaaS, AppCloud. The migration tool, called ey-migrate, is available from Github. It was created by Engine Yard VP of Technology Dr. Nic Williams. "Back when I was at Mocra, I would have loved a… Hack Klint Finley View comments