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title: "This week's database news, issue 41"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 41
published_at: "2014-12-05"
canonical_url: "https://dbweekly.com/issues/41"
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This week's database news, issue 41

This week's database news, supported by Rackspace[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/41)

DB WeeklyIssue 41 — December 5, 2014

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[Apache Drill: Schema-Free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop and NoSQL](http://drill.apache.org/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Apache FoundationApache Drill is an open source, low latency SQL query engine for Hadoop and NoSQL, built from the ground up to provide low latency queries natively on rapidly evolving multi-structured datasets at scale.


[Why You Need NoSQL For The Internet Of Things](http://readwrite.com/2014/11/28/internet-of-things-nosql-data?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Read Write“Data generated from an exponentially growing number of diverse sensors, devices, applications, and things will be accompanied by a growing diversity in the structure and scale of that data.”


[Solve the Performance and Scalability Challenges of MongoDB](https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/11427/127403?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)RackspaceSponsoredMillions of developers have turned to MongoDB thanks to the agility and flexibility it offers. After the honeymoon with MongoDB, however, developers quickly realize that it’s difficult to dedicate the time and expertise needed to maintain database performance as application workloads scale. Learn how to solve these issues.

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[What Would A Functional SQL Look Like?](http://www.try-alf.org/blog/2014-12-03-what-would-a-functional-sql-look-like?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)The University of LouvainAn interesting approach to an alternative syntax for SQL.


[New Kids On The Block: Database Management Systems Implemented in JavaScript](http://db-engines.com/en/blog_post/40?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Matthias GelbmannAn interesting trends I’ve been seeing myself through my work on JavaScript Weekly. JavaScript lets developers take database concepts right to the front end of the Web.


[sqliteweb: A Web-Based SQLite Database Browser](https://github.com/hypebeast/sqliteweb?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Sebastian RumlThe goal is to provide a simple and intuitive browser for SQLite databases. It provides basic functions to browse SQLite databases and tables. Built in Go and inspired by pgweb and sqlite-browser.


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