Thousands of students have already uploaded their results in a shared database, making this the largest shared global experiment.

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An example of an application that does not work well in a simple cloud environment is a shared database, such as the typical Oracle database application, where the information is one big block of data that needs to be manipulated all the time by many computing processes and where access to the shared data needs to be synchronized and managed.

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"This information was put in a database, it was shared among different agencies, it was shared with a joint terrorism task force, and that's exactly what should happen, " U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, told CNN.

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Mobil hired IBM to do the data processing, shutting off Microsoft databases in favor of Oracle database software running on a shared IBM Z900 mainframe.

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In a move both clever and magnanimous, the photo sharing service has figured out how to use their own user database to allow Instagram images to be easily shared on Twitter.

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He has put together a database on FlyerTalk.com of 110 winning bids on Air New Zealand, tracking routes and prices shared by travelers.

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