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• Oracle gives MySQL Workbench a new look

  Oracle has revamped the user interface for its MySQL Workbench administration software, streamlining a number of routine operations and adding some new time-saving features as well.

• SAP co-founder Plattner to teach online course on in-memory computing

  People interested in learning about in-memory database technology will be able to so later thing month under the virtual tutelage of SAP chairman and co-founder Hasso Plattner.

• Oracle rolls out virtual appliances for its 12c database

  Oracle has moved quickly to provide virtualization support for its recently released 12c database, saying this week that a set of virtual machine templates for the product are now available.

• SAP at work on Sentinel, an 'Amazon for Stocks'

  SAP is at work on a new product called Sentinel that is supposed to be "nothing less than the Amazon for Stocks and the Facebook for Investors," according to a job posting associated with the project.

• SAP unveils HANA Enterprise Cloud service

  SAP is set to offer customers the option of running their applications on top of a cloud-based version of its HANA in-memory database technology.

• Supercomputers face growing resilience problems

  As supercomputers grow more powerful, they'll also grow more vulnerable to failure, thanks to the increased amount of built-in componentry. A few researchers at the recent SC12 conference, held last week in Salt Lake City, offered possible solutions to this growing problem.

• Hadoop challenger works to add developers

  LexisNexis has worked for more than a decade to develop a large scale system for Big Data manipulation, and it believes that it has produced something that's better and more mature than the better known Hadoop technology.

• Seattle hospital finds zero clients means better care, lower costs

  Seattle Children's Hospital has installed 2,600 zero client devices in four locations, many connected with a wireless LAN that helps doctors and nurses access patient data at the bedside within seconds.

• SAP spells out vision for HANA-driven software architecture

  SAP executives provided new details about the company's plan to make the HANA in-memory database the focus of a sweeping reinvention of its software architecture during an event in Boston on Tuesday.

• Oracle launches NoSQL database

  After <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220501/Oracle_does_about_face_on_NoSQL">announcing the technology</a> at its OpenWorld conference last month, Oracle has launched its much anticipated NoSQL database.

• Oracle does about-face on NoSQL

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle's introduction of its <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220464/Oracle_rolls_out_Big_Data_appliance">Big Data Appliance</a> at the OpenWorld conference here this week is an indication of the attention it is being forced to pay to NoSQL database technology.

• New Oracle database appliance aims at small, mid-size firms

  Oracle's new <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220177/Oracle_announces_database_appliance_for_SMBs">Database Appliance</a> product, unveiled on Wednesday, should appeal to small and mid-size businesses that run both transactional and analytic applications, analysts said.

• New tools driving big data analytics, survey finds

  New technologies are enabling companies to perform increasingly sophisticated data analytics on very large and very diverse data sets, an upcoming report from The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) shows.

• E-Verify needs to be improved, Obama says

  The Internet-based E-Verify employment eligibility system can be an important enforcement tool in the fight against illegal immigration, but only if it can be made error-free and reliable, President Obama said on Wednesday.

• Oracle refused bug fixes for Itanium customers: HP lawsuit

  Oracle refused to provide critical bug fixes for customers who run its software on Hewlett-Packard's Integrity servers, in a bid to coerce them to switch over to Oracle hardware, HP alleged in a lawsuit it filed Wednesday.