Tag Archives: MongoDB

March 28, 2013 Posted in Business 3 Comments

MySQL, NoSQL, Oracle’s FUD and Gangnam Style

By Ben Kepes

Recently Oracle released it’s first update to MySQL in two years. This release was, at least in part, a response to the huge uptake of NoSQL databases and the move away from traditional structured databases for many applications. I was approached by Couchbase CEO Bob Wiederhold who believes that the

Tagged Application programming interface, Data definition language, Gangnam Style, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, oracle, Relational database |

August 24, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

CloudFoundry Launches Micro Cloud–’Cos it’s All About Local

By Ben Kepes

VMware is this morning announcing the general release of Micro CloudFoundry, a downloadable and installable PaaS that can be run on any PC or Mac. Micro CloudFoundry is essentially a local emulation of the cloud based CloudFoundry product – it allows developers to create and test software on their own

Tagged cloud computing, Cloudfoundry, MongoDB, MySQL, OpenStack, RabbitMQ, Ruby on Rails, VMware |

August 17, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

CloudFoundry Inks Distribution and Deployment Deals

By Ben Kepes

In my mind at least, PaaS is the area of cloud computing that is seriously exciting right now – while what can be achieved with a SaaS app has pretty much been tapped out, and infrastructure becomes more and more commoditized, it is PaaS where people are doing amazing things

Tagged canonical, Cloudfoundry, Dell, enStratus, MongoDB, MySQL, Open source, OpenStack, Opscode, PaaS, RabbitMQ, Redis, VMware |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.