Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
December 12, 2013
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: December 12, 2013. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
Oracle has announced the fifth generation database machine, the Oracle Exadata Database Machine X4, which adds enhancements to improve performance and quality of service for OLTP, DBaaS (database as a service), and data warehousing. Tim Shetler, vice president of product management, Oracle, shared his views on the update in an interview. "There is no price change with this generation. It is the same price as before. We are just giving customers more capacity and more performance," said Shetler.
Rackspace has introduced a new DevOps Automation Service that aims to help developers automate the process of deploying and scaling hybrid cloud infrastructure for fast-growing applications, while advancing the adoption of the DevOps methodology among software and IT teams. According to Rackspace, the new service will help to improve the quality of software deployments and to create more frequent software releases, since automating processes will allow organizations to provision servers consistently and avoid mistakes typically caused by manual installation and configuration.