Database

Making cloud computing more efficientFor database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 percent while actually improving performance.

Making Web applications more efficientA new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast.

Making crowdsourcing easierA new system for crowdsourcing database operations spares the user from worrying about the computational details but improves cost effectiveness.

MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’

Cognos reporting tool makes its debut at MITIS&T installed this web-based reporting tool last spring and is now doing a soft rollout to the MIT community that includes hands-on classes.

Faster websites, more reliable dataWeb servers that store data locally save time on database searches but sometimes serve up obsolete results. A new system solves that problem.