---
title: "This week's database news, issue 130"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 130
published_at: "2016-11-11"
canonical_url: "https://dbweekly.com/issues/130"
---

Database Weekly 130   . 

This week's database news -[Read this on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/130) 

[Database Weekly](http://dbweekly.com) Issue 130 — November 11, 2016     

Featured [Neo4j Raises $36M, Looks To The Future of Graph Databases](https://neo4j.com/blog/36-million-series-d-whats-next-graph-space/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — CEO Emil Eifrem shares the reasons behind Neo4j’s fundraising round and what’s on the five-year horizon for graph technology. Neo4jnews [Mewbase: A High Performance Streaming Event Store](https://github.com/tesco/mewbase?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Allows you to run persistent functions in the engine that listen to raw events and maintain multiple views of the event data. Written in Java and the UK’s largest supermarket’s first open source release. Tescocode [A List of Over 220 NoSQL Databases](http://nosql-database.org/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Complete with short summaries. Quite a handy list. nosql-database.​org [Free WhitePaper:](http://www.launchbit.com/taz/11159-6650-111) — Avoid Failure by Developing a Toolchain That Enables DevOps XMatterssponsored [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/59495c1e.jpg)](http://www.launchbit.com/taz/11159-6650-111) [In Database Category Race, Candidates Turn Non-Partisan](http://www.zdnet.com/article/in-database-category-race-candidates-turning-non-partisan/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Is hostility between old/new and SQL/NoSQL database technologies and companies subsiding? Signs point to yes which means good things for the industry. Andrew Brustopinion [Neo4j + AWS Lambda & API Gateway to Create a Recommendation Engine](https://neo4j.com/blog/neo4j-aws-lambda-api-gateway-recommendation-engine/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Learn how to create a graph-powered document recommendation engine using Neo4j and Amazon Web Services (AWS), particularly Lambda and API Gateway. Braun Reyestutorial [A PostgreSQL 9.6 Patch for Instance Level Encryption](http://www.cybertec.at/2016/11/announcing-availability-of-postgresql-instance-level-encryption/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — The patch automatically stores all the files of a cluster on disk in encrypted format and decrypts blocks as they are read from disk into shared buffers. Cybertectools [A Hands-On Experience with Complex SQL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0koLFAB4lAk&utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Filmed at Keep Ruby Weird 2016, Craig Kerstiens shows both why SQL is powerful but also why you should be using Postgres in particular. _21 minutes_ Craig Kerstiensvideo Jobs [DevOps Engineer (AWS) at X-Team (Remote)](http://x-team.com/devops-engineer?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=db-weekly-november-16) — We're looking for a DevOps engineer with an extensive knowledge of Amazon Web Services and container technologies. We are 100% remote and we provide the funding needed to help you achieve your goals and grow. X-Team [Don't Get Frustrated Job Hunting - Get Hired](http://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_campaign=q4-16-dbweekly) — You're smart, you're efficient. Why job hunt the old way? Try Hired and get your profile in front of thousands of innovative companies. Hired In brief [A Look at HANA, SAP's Newly Updated, Super Strategic Database](http://fortune.com/2016/11/08/sap-hana-database/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Users will get an iTunes-like store for business ‘microservices.’ Fortunenews [Azure SQL Database Provides Unparalleled Performance with In-Memory Technologies](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-sql-database-in-memory-performance/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Microsoftnews [[Webinar\] 5 Things to Monitor Before Black Friday](https://www.vividcortex.com/resources/5-things-to-monitor-before-black-friday?utm_campaign=DB%20Weekly&utm_source=email) — Join as we discuss 5 aspects of databases companies should be prepared to monitor before Black Friday. VividCortexnews sponsored [How Security Flaws Work: SQL Injection](http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/10/how-security-flaws-work-sql-injection/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — These mistakes continue to put data at risk. Peter Brighttutorial [Developing A Time-Series 'Database' Based On HdrHistogram](https://tideways.io/profiler/blog/developing-a-time-series-database-based-on-hdrhistogram?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Benjamin Eberleitutorial [How to Find the Closest Subset Sum with SQL](http://blog.jooq.org/2015/10/26/how-to-find-the-closest-subset-sum-with-sql/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Data Geekerytutorial [Developing an API With Go Using NoSQL and N1QL](https://dzone.com/articles/developing-an-api-with-golang-using-nosql-and-n1ql?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Nic Raboyvideo [SQL Source Control: track each change to your SQL Server database](http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-source-control/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=displayemail&utm_content=track_every_change_v2&utm_campaign=sqlsourcecontrol&utm_term=email-25071) — Get a full history in your source control system. See who made changes, what they did and why. [See how](http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-source-control/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=displayemail&utm_content=track_every_change_v2&utm_campaign=sqlsourcecontrol&utm_term=email-25071). Red Gatetools sponsored [The Network is the New Storage Bottleneck](https://www.datanami.com/2016/11/10/network-new-storage-bottleneck/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — _“The move from HDDs to SSDs is not slowing, in fact, it is accelerating.”_ Rob Davisopinion [Postgres's 'Autovacuum' is Not the Enemy](https://www.citusdata.com/blog/2016/11/04/autovacuum-not-the-enemy/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Citus Dataopinion [Thou Shalt Not Run A Database Inside A Container](https://patrobinson.github.io/2016/11/07/thou-shalt-not-run-a-database-inside-a-container/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Sysadmin 4 lyfeopinion    

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