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Kickfire: Released for all the right reasons, but with the worst timing?

Kickfire: Released for all the right reasons, but with the worst timing?TPC-H numbers, not TPC-C numbersTPC-C is an OLTP benchmark, while TPC-H is a DSS/DW benchmark. myKickAsSQL PlanOracle proposes to buy Kickfire, lock stock and Query Processing Barrel.Invites entire company to expenses-paid weekend to discuss the plan ...1. Customers...

Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Kickfire, Oracle Corp., MySQL, database

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

Kickfire: Released for all the right reasons, but with the worst timing?

Kickfire's hardware-accelerated MySQL appliance blows the doors off monster Oracle database servers in equivalent TPC-H benchmarks in a tiny fraction of the cost, space, storage and power usage.  Last week, during their press briefings the future of the company looked bright indeed. There's only one...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Kickfire, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-21

Build your own Google

Build your own GoogleA similarity that cannot be ignored...That bee looks like my brother Tom.Weird.Maybe if acquired by a large vendorI'd like to see both companies acquired and merged together by a larger vendor say HP. These two companies are the future of hardware because they contain open source...

Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Enterprise software, MySQL, Google Inc., server

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Kickfire: MySQL data box for the rest of us

Given all the various technology news in the last two weeks, it would have been relatively easy to overlook a press release from a small startup called Kickfire, which produces an appliance to run MySQL applications. Snore. Yet another dime a dozen appliance vendor, which will probably...

Tags: Performance, MySQL, I/O, Kickfire, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-28

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News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...

Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Frugal Friday: Groklaw v. Jason Perlow, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Chrome OS in China, BlackBerry Service Termination, Kickfire 3000 Appliance

Gooood morning, Redmond !! ;-)Once again, Mister Perlow :you seem to care about open source.So, could you tell us why you deliberately forget to talk about important news like that :http://macresearch.org/grand-central-now-open-allWhy , Mister perlow ? No enough time and too busy talking about MS products ? LOLRE: Frugal Friday: Groklaw...

Tags: termination, RIM BlackBerry, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Frugal Friday, Chrome OS, Groklaw, Jason Perlow, Chrome, Ubuntu, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Frugal Friday: Groklaw v. Jason Perlow, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Chrome OS in China, BlackBerry Service Termination, Kickfire 3000 Appliance

Related Podcast:May 22nd, 2009 Interview with Bruce Armstrong Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss Groklaw's response to my condemnation of Richard Stallman's attack on Miguel de Icaza, The new Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 beta, Chinese adoption of Chrome OS, my loss of...

Tags: Ubuntu, Termination, Jason Perlow, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-02

CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priority

The CentOS developers were ready to burn the place down if their AWOL project founder didn't show up and resolve several outstanding issues that put the popular Open Source project and Linux distribution at risk. For those of us in the "Inside Baseball'...

Tags: Developer, Project, Red Hat Inc., Domain, Founder, CentOS, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-02

News to know: Social media screwups; Microsoft's search; iPhone; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Robin Harris: The $17.5 million hard drive Jason Perlow: National Archives: What, Me Worry? Jennifer Leggio: The very worst of social media ...

Tags: Apple AirPort Express, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple Airport, Social Media, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Frugal Friday: Interop, Trade Show Kvetching, Apple Airport Express, Kickfire

Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss his recent trip to Interop Las Vegas, my aborted Bahamas vacation at Atlantis, The Apple Airport Express and talk with Kickfire CEO Bruce Armstrong about the record-breaking Kickfire MySQL appliance. Click here to listen to the...

Tags: Apple AirPort Express, Apple Airport, Apple Inc., Podcasts, Internet, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Kickfire and Jaspersoft: How to Have Your Business Intelligence Cake and Eat It Too!

Even in these tough economic times, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing continue to grow in importance. In fact, according to a recent Information Week report, the BI market grew by 22% in 2008. However, given the grim economic outlook, organizations are more focused than ever on looking for ways to...

Tags: JasperSoft, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Build your own Google

In an earlier post I talked a bit about a start-up called Kickfire who are releasing an accelerated database appliance for MySQL applications in the 1TB-3TB range that gives comparable performance to an equivalent Oracle RDBMS setup for around a quarter of the price. Kickfire sounds compelling for utility...

Tags: Google Inc., Worker, Aster, Aster Beehives, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-05

News to know: Psystar; IT Dojo; Microsoft moral; SQL Injection attacks; Ubuntu

Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack? IT Dojo: Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live ties Another reason...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., SQL, Microsoft Corp., SQL Injection, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Management

Blog posts 2008-04-29