MySQL datastorage for Internet of Things

That IOT is going to change our world view in the near future is wellknown and need no comments.

MySQL is one of Oracle's widely used storage solutions. This seminar by Charles Bell, 'MySQL for the Internet of Things' explores the details of how MySQL offers a solution to diverse IOT environments, collecting data from microcontrollers to embedded computing nodes.

Charles bell promises to focus on principles and best practices. This should be interesting to those working with IOT. MySQL High Availability  will also be discussed.

The Live Webcast is for 1 hour at 9:)) am Pacific time on Thursday, April 14, 2016.

Try registraion here:
http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/mysql-for-the-internet-of-things/

SQL Server 2014 goes RTM

SQL Server 2014 RTM, billed as 'Microsoft Cloud First Platform' will be RTM on April 1, 2014
The main feature is the in-memory OLTP processing which will turbo- charge transaction processing making it as much as 30 times faster. In order to use this feature you need memroy-optimized databases and tables declared as memory optimized. These memory-optimized tables are stored in file groups.

In-memory transaction processing appears to be not new, but peer pressure from products already in the market makes it important to highlight this feature in this offering as it is fully integrated with the present version.

The other prominent feature is the enhancements to Microsoft Azure in particular the enhancements leading to integration between on premises and cloud based environments. SQL Server 2014 instances can be backed up to Windows Azure Storage which can then be deployed as Windows Azure VM by just invoking a wizard. This  can then be designated as a high availability node for SQL Server 2014.

Of course to reap all this benefit you need to purchase SQL Server 2014. I know people using SQL Server 2000 even now, I assume it is still supported.

For more information read these articles:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/dbms/sql-server-2014-supercharged-in-memory-tables-azure-connectivity-238639?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2014-03-18

http://www.zdnet.com/microsofts-sql-server-2014-crowns-redmonds-data-platform-7000027444/