“Reports claim Apple has agreed to purchase FoundationDB, manufacturer of powerful future-focused databasing software, designed to support applications as service, online data and even big data solutions,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld.
“The purchase is likely to have implications for Apple’s suite of online services, from iCloud to Pages, Numbers, Keynote; to its iTunes Connect and iTunes Match services and, presumably, will be deployed within the much speculated upon Apple-branded version of Beats music streaming,” Evans writes. “The solution can support a wide variety of data types, from SQL to documents and beyond, through use of open source layers.”
“You can’t underestimate the value of this purchase. Way back in 2013, VAR Guy wrote: ‘FoundationDB’s suitability for a wide range of deployments, from single hosts to private server clusters to public clouds, adds to its potential to disrupt the database ecosystem,'” Evans writes. “Not only this but the database is fast, durable and runs on everyday systems, so it’s cheap to deploy and to run. It’s the kind of power Apple will need to handle its B/OSS tasks, while also being capable of use within data analytics and Big Data analysis, potentially enabling Cupertino to glean useful and actionable insights on what its customers are doing.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Also could be useful for any Internet TV plans Apple might have. Think “iTunes’ Genius feature for TV” and beyond!
Site is broken again. It took me to the App Store for some lame slot machine game. Really annoying.
Curious…
Using iPhone?
iOS 8?
MDN app?
or macdailynews.com in Safari?
I’ve had this happen, also, but sporadically, and not lately. Difficult bug to nail down.
I’ve had this happen occasionally and recently if I click on a link to MDN site on Twitter (using iPhone), but never when using the MDN iPhone app.
Safari on iOS 8.x – iPhone 6 Plus.
Recently my best experience has been in the WordPress app, which I am using to write this now. But with the WP app, I also don’t get served adds which want to take over my system.
I have been hit really hard with redirections. I have been redirected almost every time I have used to view an article. Before I could read or during reading… Off to some lame App Store game.
Turned off Java on my iPhone and so far no re directions.
It was happening to me constantly last week. I had to quit Safari on my iphone6 several times. Eventually started visiting MacRumors.com instead. But, I missed the snarky attitudes and came back! No problems this week .
It must be one of the adds, but not all of them
Not a website bug, folks. MDN and other sites are getting hit by rogue advertisements. MDN contracts with firms to place advertisements on their website so that it is “free” to us. Unfortunately, some of those firms are hosting ads that include automatic redirects. Think of it as “trusted” spam. Anyway, MDN is working to get rid of it. It was a lot worse last week.
MDN posted an article on this issue.
Good bye FileMaker?
Different niches, different purposes and different database methods. I don’t see FileMaker dropping dead soon.
12:19 PM the link worked fine. Desktop iMac on Safari.
But you can’t overestimate either, because it is back-end solution that is probably already used by Apple (and this is how they know it is good and liked it to the point of wanting to own it).
There will be no difference for iCloud, iTunes and other things.
Jonny Evans of Computerworld, “underestimate” doesn’t mean what you think it does.
Try using “overestimate” next time. It will be hyperbole, but well-intentioned hyperbole.
you mean ‘overestimate’ not ‘underestimate’
For “underestimate” read “overestimate”. Silly journalists often make this mistake.
Oh sorry I see it’s already been covered.
What, no comment about IBM partnership?