MapR and Funambol raise funding. VMware virtually supports PostgreSQL. And more.
# MapR raised $20m series B for its Hadoop distribution from Redpoint Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and NEA.
# Funambol raised $3m in funding from previous investors HIG Ventures, Pacven Walden Ventures and Nexit Infocom.
# VMware launched vFabric Postgres as part of vFabric Data Director database-as-a-service launch.
# Citrix released a new edition of CloudStack, …
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I have not written an article in a while, I partially blame it on
the World Cup and my day job. The time has come to share some of
my recent experiences with a neat project to provide several
teams internally with current MySQL backups.
When faced with these types of challenges is my first step is to
look into OSS packages and how can they be combined into an
actual solution. It helps me understand the underlying
technologies and challenges.
ZRM BackupI have reviewed Zmanda's
Recovery Manager for MySQL Community Edition in the Fall 2008
issue of MySQL magazine. It remains one of my favorite
backup tools for MySQL since it greatly simplifies the task and
configuration of MySQL backups taking care of most of the
details. Its flexible reporting capabilities came in handy for
this project as …
600 new customers for SugarCRM. James Gosling leaves Oracle. And more.
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# SugarCRM added nearly 600 customers in the first quarter of 2010.
# James Gosling resigned from Oracle.
# VMware’s SpringSource acquired Rabbit Technologies and its RabbitMQ messaging software.
# EnterpriseDB hired Sun’s former MySQL VP Karen Tegan Padir as vice president of products and marketing.
# …
[Read more]Eben Moglen says EC case against Oracle-Sun is flawed. The value of open source. And more.
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For the latest on Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL via Sun, see Everything you always wanted to know about MySQL but were afraid to ask
# Eben Moglen told the EC he does not see threat to competition from Oracle-Sun, says EC’s objections are flawed. A statement from the SFLC is …
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I really like ZRM for MySQL Community Edition for backups. I
find
it very simple to install and configure and it gets the job done.
It's default settings suits most installations. The challenges
arise once you need to adapt it to more complex organizations.
Please note that all the issues described on this article refer
to Linux installations.
What If DBAs Have No sudo?This was the 1st challenge that I ever
faced. ZRM requires full root access at least during
installation and in some cases, it requires some sudo permissions
to be able to manage its files as well. Some organizations don't
grant these permissions to the DBAs complicating the
installation. When I looked into the scripts, I didn't see any
reason why they wouldn't run in the user space, other than a few
hard coded paths. I posted the question in the Zmanda forums and
I got an answer with some …
The future of MySQL. The SCO Group terminates Darl McBride. And more.
The future of MySQL
Monty Widenius urged Oracle to give up on MySQL in order to
land Sun while Richard Stallman, Knowledge Ecology International
(KEI) and the Open Rights Group sent a letter to the
EC urging it to block Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL. All of which
prompted Florian Mueller, who it should be noted is working with
Widenius as part of his campaign, to claim that there is growing public opposition to
Oracle owning Sun’s MySQL.
Meanwhile The VAR Guy reported on rumours that …
[Read more]Patents. M&A. Adoption. Business strategies. And more.
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Patents
# Red Hat urged
the Supreme Court to to make clear that it excludes software from
patentability, while the SFLC and the FSF also filed briefs with the US Supreme Court
arguing against software patents.
Investment and M&A
# The WSJ …
Peter Fenton’s open source investment tips. Boxee raises $6m. And more.
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Digesting the VMware-SpringSource deal
In the wake of VMware’s acquisition of SpringSource the WSJ
examined Peter
Fenton’s open source investment portfolio and what he looks for
in an open source vendor. Meanwhile Matt Asay noted that VMware’s
purchase of SpringSource is the first big acquisition of a
company based on an Apache license, while Charles Babcock
reported …
Cloudera lands funding. SourceForge acquires Ohloh. Novell reports Linux growth. And more.
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Cloudera shows signs of progress
GigaOM reported
that Cloudera raised $6m Series B funding from Accel and Greylock
and is now looking beyond web applications to wider
enterprise adoption of Hadoop. Cloudera also announced its first
certification program for Hadoop.
Open source goes mainstream in the UK
There have been signs of change recently with regards to open
source adoption in the UK, which has traditionally lagged behind
the rest of Europe and the US. CBR Magazine provided an analysis of …
One of the best keynotes at this year's MySQL Conference & Expo was a panel session led by Kaj Arnö, MySQL's vice president of community relations.