PostgreSQL, object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) and the open-source descendant of original Berkeley code, calls all users to download their newer beta version PostgreSQL 9.2. This beta comes with major increases in performance and both vertical and horizontal scalability.

Dell is coming up with something new every now and then.  Recently Dell unveiled Sputnik, a project to explore possibility to create an open source laptop targeted at developers. To start with the program Dell's XPS13 laptop comes pre-installed Ubuntu 12.04. Going further in the same direction Dell also plans to team up with Cannonical the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu to put together a stack of cloud tools for developers to use with OpenStack, an opensource cloud platform.

Want to break free of the expenses on maintenance of legacy systems? Migrate to PaaS solutions offering innovative technology at reduced prices with little or no overheads in the future. One such offering in this direction is a solution emerging out of partnership of OrangeScape, a Global 10 Platform as a Service provider with CIMtrek Ltd a leader in the automated migration of Lotus Notes applications.

EMC has pushed out a newer VMAX SP platform providing an enterprise class storage for service providers facilitating easy provisioning and management of the service. This purpose built platform is packaged into multiple service-level options (bronze, silver, gold and platinum) delivering specialized Quality of Service (QoS) availability features, a multi-tenanted, metered platform and seamless API integration to any service provider infrastructure.

Now you can carry your business along with you in your pocket. You no longer need to be tethered to your workstation to access business information to handle critical tasks or take informed decisions. SAP along with a vibrant ecosystem of partners offer a wide range of mobile applications and underlying infrastructure, with unmatched integration to SAP systems, for secure access to business processes anytime, anywhere and on any device even in disconnected mode.

Two technology notes that have tuned us and are set to take us through the roller coaster for rest of the year are data analytics and Platform-As-A-Service. VMWare after teaming up with Piston Cloud Computing has recently found another partner in Jaspersoft to include high scale data analytics and drive development of data driven applications.

Compuware has made the first claim within deep transaction management solution for dynamic cloud and big data applications. The Compuware APM Spring 2012 Platform release introduces new innovations in Compuware dynaTrace(R) Enterprise that simplify performance optimization, operation and management of modern, dynamic applications.

Yahoo has today launched a big data analytics tool called Genome, for online advertisers leveraging its expertise on big data. Genome, designed to leverage data to improve advertiser ROI, can provide marketers with actionable insights enabling them to conduct campaigns that help meet their objectives, and overcome an ever-evolving set of industry challenges that include the proliferation of data, fragmentation of technology, and outdated planning and buying techniques.

Its not easy to establish an agile enterprise as compared to an agile team working on a product. There are lot many things that needs to fall in place for an enterprise to successfully call itself an agile enterprise. Few of the changes might sound easy and one may also feel we have already adapted to such changes but in practice have not come across many organizations where the characteristics are exhibited to the wire to be an agile enterprise.

Red Hat has released a view into its road-map to become a PAAS of choice for unexplored enterprise space along with wider developer community. This will be a game changing strategy to combine the power of its core enterprise technologies that power OpenShift PaaS including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Storage, JBoss Enterprise Middleware along with OpenShift’s integrated programming languages, frameworks and developer tools to offer a scalable and secure PAAS.