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title: "This week's database news, issue 47"
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issue: 47
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This week's database news, issue 47

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DB WeeklyIssue 47 — February 13, 2015

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[How The MongoDB Database Learned To Scale](http://readwrite.com/2015/02/09/mongodb-scale-document-database-nosql?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Read Write“In prior releases, [scaling] required a level of expertise that not everyone has. With MongoDB 3.0 it’s a lot easier to scale your system.”


[10 SQL Articles Everyone Must Read](http://blog.jooq.org/2015/02/13/10-sql-articles-everyone-must-read/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Lukas EderLukas always has good stuff to share but this time it’s other people’s articles he considers ‘must reads’ if you’re into SQL.


[RedisConf 2015 Developer Conference](http://redisconference.com/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)RedisConf 2015SponsoredIf you happen to use this popular key-value cache and store, you won’t want to miss RedisConf 2015 in San Francisco, California. RedisConf, on March 5th, is this year’s definitive Redis event where industry pros will gather to examine the future of this open-source data structure. The event will begin with a keynote from Salvatore Sanfilippo, the inventor of Redis. [Learn More.](http://redisconference.com/)

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[Modern SQL in PostgreSQL](http://www.slideshare.net/MarkusWinand/modern-sql?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Markus WinandSQL gets a lot of flack for not being new and updated and, well, fun. But the truth is it’s come a long way from what it was decades ago. Here’s a great deck which highlights some of the new and awesome things in the SQL standard.


[Announcing MongoDB 3.0, with General Availability in March](https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/announcing-mongodb-30?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Eliot HorowitzMongoDB 3.0 has been announced, with the ‘3’ representing a new phase in Mongo’s lifeline. New features include document-level concurrency control and transparent on-disk compression.


[5 Big Data Trends Moving into the Spotlight in 2015](http://www.dbta.com/Editorial/Trends-and-Applications/5-Big-Data-Trends-Moving-into-the-Spotlight-in-2015-101633.aspx?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)DBTAThe 5: in-memory computing, the resurgence of SQL, online scaling, Apache Spark, and up-to-the-moment analytics.


[Major Security Alert As 40,000 MongoDB Databases Left Unsecured On The Internet](http://www.information-age.com/technology/security/123459001/major-security-alert-40000-mongodb-databases-left-unsecured-internet?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Information AgeWhen it comes to hosting your own data, security and operations procedures are of paramount importance.


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