Database breakthrough for open source

A ground-breaking database kernel is now being combined with the open source relational database from Ingres, reports Next Big Future.

The Ingres VectorWise project team has worked with Intel to evaluate database performance on the new Intel Xeon processor 5500 series-based platform.

To date, the results of the project have demonstrated dramatic cost and performance capabilities as evidenced by nearly 80-fold speed-up on a query modelled after the Q1 query of TPC-H3 suite on the Intel Xeon processor.

Proponents of the open source and proprietary software sectors have clashed over a proposal to support multiple standards for India's e-government projects, according to ZDNet Asia.

Last year, the Indian Ministry of Information and Communication Technology released a draft policy, mandating the adoption of freely available standards in the deployment of the country's e-government projects - estimated to be valued at over $4 billion.

The draft policy was established to guide the procurement of IT software and hardware across government departments and ensure interoperability among disparate IT systems.

Apple is currently king of the smartphone world, as Gartner figures show, the iPhone has doubled in market share since 2008, rising to 10.8% in the first quarter of 2009 from 5.3% in 2008, CNET News states.

But Apple may be in for a Microsoft moment. Just as a steady stream of well-heeled competitors like IBM, Red Hat, and Oracle are aligning themselves with Linux as a way to undermine Windows in servers and desktops, so too, are crowds starting to form around Google's open source Android in the smartphone market.

Samsung, LG, Motorola, and others are placing increasing stakes on Android and BusinessWeek reports that Motorola has "one bullet left in its gun" and this bullet is Android.