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Open Source Software Security: Is Open Source Software Safe?

Percona

Even though open source software is firmly in the mainstream, used widely by businesses, governments, and everyone who owns a cell phone or computer, the question repeatedly arises: “Is open source software safe?” Is open source software as stable as other software? Our bar is higher than that.

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

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What is Greenplum Database? Intro to the Big Data Database

Scalegrid

Greenplum Database is a massively parallel processing (MPP) SQL database that is built and based on PostgreSQL. Greenplum Database is an open-source , hardware-agnostic MPP database for analytics, based on PostgreSQL and developed by Pivotal who was later acquired by VMware. What is an MPP Database?

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The Ultimate Guide to Database High Availability

Percona

To make data count and to ensure cloud computing is unabated, companies and organizations must have highly available databases. A basic high availability database system provides failover (preferably automatic) from a primary database node to redundant nodes within a cluster. HA is sometimes confused with “fault tolerance.”

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Application vulnerabilities: Important lessons from the OWASP top 10 about application security risks

Dynatrace

Vulnerable and outdated components This is another broad category that covers libraries, frameworks, and open source components with known vulnerabilities that may not have been patched. Numerous organizations offer databases of these weaknesses, such as the Snyk Intel Vulnerability Database.

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2019 Open Source Database Report: Top Databases, Public Cloud vs. On-Premise, Polyglot Persistence

Scalegrid

Ready to transition from a commercial database to open source, and want to know which databases are most popular in 2019? Wondering whether an on-premise vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud infrastructure is best for your database strategy? 2019 Top Databases Used. So, which databases are most popular in 2019?

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IoT Performance Bottlenecks & Open Source Databases

Percona Community

The Internet of Things (IoT), in essence, is all about everyday devices that are readable, recognizable, trackable, and/or controllable via the Internet, regardless of the communication means — RFID, wireless LAN, and so on. The total installed base of IoT connected devices is projected to amount to 21.5

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