Google Bigquery

BigQuery is Google’s fully managed, NoOps, low cost data analyticsservice. With BigQuery you have no infrastructure to manage and don’t need a database administrator, use familiar SQL and can take advantage of pay-as-you-go model. This collection of features allows you to focus on analyzing data to find meaningful insights. BigQuery is a powerful Big Data analytics platform used by all types of organizations, from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

 

“Big data” features coming in PostgreSQL 9.5

Today, it is still heavily used in mid-sized data warehouses and “data marts”, meaning databases in the one to ten terabyte range.

.. There are some drawbacks to BRIN indexes, though. They can’t be used to enforce uniqueness or support keys. BRIN works much better on values that are incrementally increasing with each row inserted, like timestamps and incrementing integers. Most of all, BRIN indexes handle updates and deletes on the underlying table inefficiently, so they’re best used with append-only tables.

GeoEye Satalite: Google Maps Exclusive: Permission Granted

During June 2014 DigitalGlobe received permission from the US Department of Commerce to collect and sell imagery at the best available resolutions. Additionally, six months after WorldView-3 is operational DigitalGlobe will be permitted to sell imagery at up to 25 cm panchromatic and 1.0 m multispectral GSD. We applaud the US Government’s relaxation of satellite resolution restrictions, as it benefits our customers, and the industry in general.