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PostgreSQL 14 Breaks the .NET and Java Drivers for PostgreSQL
In some circumstances, the new syntax in PostgreSQL 14 will break its official .NET and Java database driver, specifically, when using to create a SQL function using BEGIN ATOMIC ... END. If you are not modifying your database schema via Npgsql or PgJDBC, there’s no need to worry.
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MongoDB Atlas Serverless Instances and Data API Now Generally Available
At the recent MongoDB World 2022 conference, MongoDB announced that serverless instances for Atlas and Data API are now generally available. The new managed serverless option introduces a tiered pricing, with automatic discounts on daily usage.
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Database Command Batching in .NET 6
.NET 6 adds the ability for ADO.NET database drivers to support efficient command batching using native protocols.
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A New Microsoft Platform in Town: the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform
Recently Microsoft introduced a new platform called the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform that fully integrates their database, analytics, and governance offerings. The new platform encompasses everything already available in the Azure Data space (Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Explorer, etc.) to the Synapse Analytics products, Power BI, and the newly rebranded Purview data governance service.
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Amazon Elastic MapReduce Now Generally Available as a Serverless Offering
AWS recently announced that Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) Serverless is generally available (GA). The offering is a serverless deployment option for customers to run big data analytics applications using open-source frameworks like Apache Spark and Hive without configuring, managing, and scaling clusters or servers.
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Google Brings Confidential Computing to Latest C2D and N2D Machine Types
A few months after upgrading its general-purpose (N2D) and compute-optimized (C2D) virtual machines to adopt the latest AMD EPYC technology, Google is now making confidential computing available in preview on those machine types.
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Cloudflare D1 Provides Distributed SQLite for Cloudflare Workers
Soon to enter beta, D1 is Cloudflare's first step into the Cloud-based SQL storage arena. D1 is built on top of SQLite with the addition of a distributed replication mechanism, batch operation support, embedded compute, automatic backups and redundancy, and more.
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Google Cloud Introduces PostgreSQL-Compatible AlloyDB for Enterprise Database Workloads
Google Cloud recently announced AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, a managed PostgreSQL-compatible service targeting enterprise deployments. AlloyDB is a full-featured cloud database supporting atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability (ACID)-compliant transactions.
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Java News Roundup: JEPs for JDK 19, Project Lilliput Milestone, Spring Framework, Quarkus 2.9.0
This week's Java roundup for May 9th, 2022, features news from OpenJDK, JEPs targeted for JDK 19, Project Lilliput milestone release, Spring Framework 5.3.20 and 5.2.22, Open Liberty 22.0.0.5 and 22.0.0.6-beta, Quarkus 2.9.0.Final, Apache Camel Quarkus 2.9.0, WildFly Preview 27 Alpha1, Hibernate Search 6.1.5, JobRunr 5.1.1, Piranha 22.5.0, Failsafe 3.2.4, Micronaut survey results and Devoxx UK.
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AWS Introduces Storage-Optimized I4i Instances for IO-Heavy Workloads
AWS recently introduced the EC2 I4i instance type for data-intensive storage and IO-heavy workloads requiring fast access to medium-sized datasets. The new instances can benefit high-performance real-time relational databases, distributed file systems, data warehouses and key-value stores.
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Microsoft Rebrands its Data Governance Service to Microsoft Purview
Recently, Microsoft announced Microsoft Purview, a new product branding bringing together the Azure Purview data governance service with various Microsoft 365 compliance solutions.
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Infrastructure as SQL on AWS: IaSQL is Now Open Source and SaaS
IaSQL, the company behind a service that models AWS infrastructure using SQL, has recently announced that IaSQL is available as open source and software as a service.
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AWS Releases the Second Version of Amazon Aurora Serverless with Independent Scaling
Recently, AWS announced the general availability of the second version of Amazon Aurora Serverless, an on-demand, auto-scaling configuration for Amazon Aurora. The second version is generally available for both Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL, featuring the independent scaling of compute and storage.
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Java News Roundup: Vector API, Spring Updates and CVE, Payara Platform, Groovy and TomEE Updates
This week's Java roundup for April 18th, 2022, features news from OpenJDK, JEP 426, Oracle’s Releases Critical Patch Update for April 2022, JDK 19, Liberica JDK and Native Image Kit updates, multiple Spring point and milestone releases, April 2022 Payara Platform release, Quarkus 2.8.1.Final, Apache Groovy 4.0.2, Apache TomEE 8.0.11, JobRunr 5.0.1, and an update to JReleaser 1.0.
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RDS and Aurora PostgreSQL Vulnerability Leads to AWS Deprecating Many Minor Versions
A researcher at the security company Lightspin recently explained how she obtained credentials to an internal AWS service using a PostgreSQL extension and exploiting a local file read vulnerability on RDS. AWS confirmed the issue and deprecated dozens of minor versions of Amazon Aurora and RDS for PostgreSQL.