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title: "This week's database news, issue 44"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 44
published_at: "2015-01-16"
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This week's database news, issue 44

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DB WeeklyIssue 44 — January 16, 2015

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We took an extra week's holiday :-) We hope you had a good one, but now we're back for another year of following the latest in the world of databases and data.

[rdbms-subsetter: An Open Source Tool for Easier Database Testing](https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/01/13/an-open-source-tool-for-easier-database-testing/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)U.S. General Services AdministrationAutomates extracting random yet relationally consistent subsets of relational databases for testing purposes (since the data will be realistic, but it won’t be your entire database).


[Open Source Databases Keep Chipping Away at Oracle's Empire](http://www.wired.com/2015/01/open-source-database/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)WiredThe three fastest growing databases of 2014 were all open source, according to a new report from DB-Engines. MongoDB topped the list, with Redis and Elasticsearch as runners up.


[5 Ways the NoSQL Database World Has Matured Over the Years](http://www.sys-con.com/node/3278586?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Sys-ConHow NoSQL went from a quick and dirty alternative to RDBMSs, to a critical component of many enterprise data architectures.


[Top IT Resolutions for 2015](http://www.rackspace.com/blog/top-new-years-resolutions-for-it-infographic/?cm_mmc=data-_-cloud-_-2015resolutions-_-dbweekly-infographic)RackspaceSponsoredI’m talking about focusing on your customers, driving innovation and applying the knowledge you possess as an IT professional to give your organization a competitive advantage. If you’re tired of “keeping the lights on” or maintaining the status-quo while startups disrupt the business; or maybe you simply want to advance your career with a modern IT skills, this post and webinar series is for you.

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[Actually Using the Database: Writing a Haskell API Server](https://bendyworks.com/actually-using-the-database/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Jon ChildressSome developers lean as heavily on their ORM as possible while others find a balance between using one or dropping to SQL where possible. But what if you were to start with only SQL? Here’s a take through the lens of heavily leveraging your database.


[Apache Flink: A Fast Large-Scale Data Processing Engine](https://flink.apache.org/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Apache FoundationAn alternative to Hadoop’s MapReduce component that can work independently of the Hadoop ecosystem. You write code for it in either Java or Scala.


[Neo Technology Just Closed $20M in Funding. Here's Why It’s A Big Deal](http://blog.graphenedb.com/blog/2015/01/16/neo-technology-just-closed-20m-in-funding/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)GrapheneDBNeo Technology, makers of Neo4j, announced their $20M Series C round yesterday, bringing the company’s total investment to date to $44M.


[​MongoDB Seals Extra $80m Funding As Version 2.8 GA Looms](http://www.zdnet.com/article/mongodb-seals-extra-80m-funding-as-version-2-8-ga-looms/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)ZDNetThe total raised by MongoDB is now $311m. This latest amount is to help it continue its global expansion plans.


[TexteDB: The World's First Text Analytics DB](http://textedb.com/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)TexteDBNot yet released, but promises built in text mining APIs for sentiment analysis, POS tagging, etc. along with built in Web scraping support.


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