David t's Blog – October 2011 Archive (4)

Data Replication and Data Federation (Virtualization) at IOD 2011

As with I did for last year's IOD, I'm providing a consolidated list of sessions for Replication and Federation at this year's IOD as well. These sessions should be of interest to anyone with data integration needs. Session descriptions can be found in the on-line IOD agenda for registered participants. Hope…

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Added by david t on October 19, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Give IBM Your Feedback About Mobile Apps

If you use Twitter, you may have seen @Merv's (Merv Adrian's) tweets today about the projected number of tablets to be in use by 2016 and the ratio of mobile-to-PC…

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Added by david t on October 14, 2011 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Data Replication and Federation at IOD Past and Present

If you're going to be at this year's IOD conference in Las Vegas, you might be interested in reviewing some of IOD 2010's customer stories for data replication. I've got links to a couple of them here along with links to some of the IBM presentations for both replication and federation. You'll hear more stories like these this year. You'll also be able to see demos in the InfoSphere Demo Room. …

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Added by david t on October 13, 2011 at 9:43pm — 1 Comment

Active-Active Databases: IBM 5710 vs the Oracle Database Appliance

Last week, smarterquestions.org had a very good post comparing two new database offerings for SMB - the IBM Smart Analytics System 5710 and the Oracle Database Appliance (ODA). Naturally, the first thing I looked for was anything comparing options for…

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Added by david t on October 6, 2011 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment