Apache Sqoop(TM) is a tool designed for efficiently transferring bulk data between Apache Hadoop and structured datastores such as relational databases.
Dataclips allow the results of SQL queries on a Heroku Postgres database to be easily shared. Simply create a query on dataclips.heroku.com, and then share the resulting URL with co-workers, colleagues, or the world. The recipients of a dataclip are able to view the data in their browser or download it in JSON, CSV, XML, or Microsoft Excel formats
In this article, an excerpt from <em>iText in Action</em> (Manning Publications, December 2006), author Bruno Lowagie shows how easy it is to export any Swing component to PDF using iText's PdfGraphics2D object.