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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 12, 2024

Databases

The Register UK ☛ Tencent builds NoSQL DB for multiple data models

Chinese web giant Tencent has revealed it created a NoSQL database that it believes can handle multiple data models more elegantly than other attempts to do so, and has used it to consolidate its database fleet and improve resource utilization.

The existence of the database – named X-Stor – was recently revealed in a paper [PDF] published in the Proceedings of the Very Large Data Base Endowment, the journal of the non-profit organization that exists to promote and exchange scholarly work on databases and related fields.

Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice and Open Source Conference 2024 – Group photo 😊

We’re half-way through the event, so there’s still time to join us in Luxembourg (or you can watch recordings after the event).

Events

FSF ☛ FSF Blogs: FSD meeting recap 2024-10-11

Check out the important work our volunteers accomplished at today's Free Software Directory (FSD) IRC meeting.

APNIC ☛ APRICOT 2025 update

APRICOT 2025 will be held in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, from 19 to 27 February 2025.