Backups are an integral and very important part of any system. Backups allow you to recover your data and be up and running again, in the advent of problems such as system crashes, hardware failures or users deleting data by mistake. I had been evaluating backup solution for a while but to be honest I really wasn't satisfied with the solutions available until I came across XtraBackup and I am loving it since. In this post I intend on showing how to do backups and restores using XtraBackup.
Mar
20
2011
Mar
08
2011
Digia gets Qt. VMware makes waves. Rackspace launches OpenStack support. And more.
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# Digia signed an agreement with Nokia to acquire the Qt commercial licensing and services business.
# VMware’s Springsource division acquired Wavemaker.
# Rackspace formally launched services and support for OpenStack via Rackspace Cloud Builders.
# Red Hat defended …
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Feb
23
2011
This Friday at SCaLE 9x in Los Angeles, CA there will be a special build an open source cloud day teaching users how to use technologies from Cloud.com, OpenStack, Opscode and Zenoss to deploy, configure, manage and monitor infrastructure-as-a-service using open source software.
Here’s an overview of the program:
“Build a Cloud Day” will be dedicated to teaching users how to build and manage a cloud computing environment using free and open source software. The program is designed to expose attendees to the concepts and best practices around deploying …
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Feb
11
2011
Nuxeo contributes its Core to Eclipse. Nokia bets its future on Windows Phone. And more.
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# Nuxeo is contributing its Nuxeo Core content repository technology to the Eclipse Foundation.
# Nokia adopted Windows Phone as smartphone platform, Symbian becomes a franchise platform, MeeGo reserved for market exploration.
# Rackspace acquired Anso Labs, the developer behind NASA’s contribution to OpenStack. …
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Feb
02
2011
It was ready for a while already, but now it's part of the official FOSDEM schedule as well: I am very pleased to announce the presentations and speakers of the MySQL & Friends Developer Room, which will take place this coming Saturday (5th of February) in Brussels, Belgium.
This year, our DevRoom will be located in room H.2213 (in the H Building), which has a capacity of up to 100 people and will be available to us from 13:00-19:00 o'clock. We have 12 sessions lined up, each will last 25 minutes (incl. Q&A). Without further ado, here's our schedule:
| Time | Speaker | Session Title |
|---|---|---|
| 13:00-13:25 | … |
Feb
01
2011
Hudson developers vote for Jenkins. SugarCRM turns cash flow positive. And more.
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# The Hudson developer community voted overwhelmingly to rename the project Jenkins, and will continue without Oracle.
# SugarCRM turned cash flow positive in 2010 as billings increased 52% year on year.
# BonitaSoft announced the release of version 5.4 of Bonita Open Solution.
# WANdisco …
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Jan
25
2011
VMware grows 41%. Evidence of Java infringement disputed. And more.
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# VMware announced full year revenue growth of 41% to $2.9bn.
# Alleged evidence of infringing Java code in Android disputed.
# Oracle nominated SouJava, the Brazilian Java User Group, to a seat in the JCP Executive Committee.
# The Document Foundation launched LibreOffice 3.3. …
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Jan
18
2011
Funding for OpenGamma. Riptano becomes OpenStax. And more.
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# OpenGamma raised $6m series B funding.
# Apache Cassandra-supporter Riptano changed its name to DataStax and has added 50 customers in 6 months.
# WANdisco acquired the SVNForum.org Subversion user community.
# Univa hired the principal engineers from the Grid Engine team, will publish a …
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Jan
14
2011
Bid for Novell patents still on. Google drops H.264. And more.
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# The withdrawal of CPTN Holding proposal to acquire Novell’s patents is purely procedural, said Microsoft.
# Karsten Gerloff explained why the FSFE is concerned about the sale of Novell’s patents to CPTN.
# Google announced plans to support WebM and Theora in Chrome and Chromium, and drop H.264.
# Pentaho …
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Jan
11
2011
Black Duck acquires Olliance Group. Funding for Zend and PHP Flog. And more.
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# Black Duck Software acquired Olliance Group.
# Viola Private Equity invested $7m in Zend Technologies.
# PHP Fog raised $1.8m from Madrona Venture Group, First Round Capital, Founder’s Co-op, and other angel investors.
# The proposal for CPTN Holdings to acquire Novell’s patents has …
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