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10 Feb 2022
ScyllaDB 5.0 set to advance NoSQL database capabilities
At Scylla Summit 2022, the open source NoSQL database vendor introduced upcoming services including a DBaaS as well as a new platform release, and a user outlined its application. Continue Reading
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09 Feb 2022
Starburst brings in $250M to advance data mesh aspirations
The vendor continues on its path toward an initial public offering, as demand for its open source Trino-based data lake query engine platform grows. Continue Reading
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17 Nov 2020
Cockroach adds geospatial data to cloud-native database
Cockroach Labs is updating its namesake database platform with new features that improve security and performance, as well as getting an open source Pebble storage engine. Continue Reading
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12 Nov 2020
Google brings wizard approach to cloud database migration
Google Cloud's top database executive details the tech giant's new tool for enterprises to move databases to the cloud, as the need has accelerated in the coronavirus pandemic era. Continue Reading
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12 Nov 2020
New Yugabyte release boosts distributed SQL database security
Yugabyte now has row-level geo-partitioning for its open source distributed SQL database, enhanced multi-region features and several new features to improve security. Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2020
Cazena launches Instant AWS Cloud Data Lake service
Cazena advanced its cloud data platform with an integrated service that helps organizations to more quickly benefit from a cloud data lake running on AWS. Continue Reading
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15 Oct 2020
Oracle accelerates Exadata database cloud service
More powerful server hardware is coming to the Exadata database service, bringing increased scalability and throughput for Oracle's database and analytics workloads. Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2020
NewSQL databases: The bridge between SQL and NoSQL
NewSQL databases attempt to provide enterprises with the top benefits of both relational and NoSQL databases on one platform. Here's a look at how NewSQL can benefit enterprises. Continue Reading
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09 Oct 2020
Nutanix brings database management into Era 2.0
Nutanix is now looking beyond just on-premises hardware and private clouds to help its users deploy and manage data based across hybrid cloud deployments. Continue Reading
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02 Oct 2020
Amazon Timestream time series database generally available
AWS continues to grow its portfolio of cloud database services, as the Amazon Timestream database emerges out of preview to help serve the growing market demand for time series databases. Continue Reading
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01 Oct 2020
PostgreSQL 13 advances popular open source database
The open source database project has its first major milestone release of 2020, bringing users accelerated data query performance and optimizations to improve overall operations. Continue Reading
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10 Sep 2020
Data mapping as a service, a modern form of data discovery
The CEO of ActiveNav provides insight into how data mapping fits into the data management landscape as the vendor launches a new data mapping-as-a-service platform. Continue Reading
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27 Aug 2020
Kafka users Northrop Grumman, Walmart highlight event streaming
Walmart and Northrop Grumman talk about deployment and the benefits of using the open source Kafka technology to enable modern data-driven applications. Continue Reading
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26 Aug 2020
Confluent Platform 6 brings cluster linking to Apache Kafka
Event streaming vendor Confluent adds new cluster linking capabilities in its latest platform update, bringing more scalability for deployments that span multiple clouds. Continue Reading
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25 Aug 2020
Redis Labs looks to grow database with $100M funding
Redis Labs CEO Ofer Bengal gives insight into the state of the open source Redis database and caching layer, and where the vendor is headed, with a possible IPO on the horizon. Continue Reading
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20 Aug 2020
Google enhances Cloud Spanner and other databases
Google is adding a series of enhancements to its cloud database portfolio, with new capabilities for the Bigtable data store, Firestore mobile database and other platforms. Continue Reading
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12 Aug 2020
K2View takes aim at DataOps with new funding
K2View CEO and co-founder talks about how his company's micro-database fabric approach to user data aims to improve data management by consolidating data in one place. Continue Reading
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31 Jul 2020
Subsurface event reveals what lies below the cloud data lake
Users at the Dremio-sponsored Subsurface virtual conference detail data lake efforts and trends, including the emerging Apache Iceberg project, originally created by Netflix. Continue Reading
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30 Jul 2020
Hasura Cloud launches GraphQL-as-a-service platform
Hasura made its GraphQL platform available as a managed service, enabling organizations to connect and query different data sources using the open source GraphQL language. Continue Reading
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21 Jul 2020
Startup TileDB raises funds to advance universal data engine
A database technology project originally developed at MIT gets new funding that will help the startup database vendor grow and aim at a broader market. Continue Reading
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16 Jul 2020
Distributed SQL database capabilities come to MariaDB X5
Open source database vendor updates its MariaDB platform with a new release that integrates improved Kafka support and a faster InnoDB storage engine to accelerate performance. Continue Reading
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15 Jul 2020
YugabyteDB 2.2 improves open source distributed SQL database
Yugabyte updates its open source database platform that is API compatible with both Apache Cassandra and PostgreSQL with improved scalability capabilities. Continue Reading
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01 Jul 2020
Confluent enables infinite Kafka scalability in the cloud
Kafka gets data retention boost that can make it easier for users to store event streaming data for long periods of time, which can help with data analysis. Continue Reading
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24 Jun 2020
Taking a practical approach to open source PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL database users including Ikea and Konica Minolta Healthcare detail how and why they chose to use the open source database at the Postgres Vision 2020 virtual conference. Continue Reading
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18 Jun 2020
Why the open source DBaaS market is hot
Open source database vendors face an array of challenges and opportunities as they flock to the cloud with new database-as-a-service platforms. Continue Reading
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16 Jun 2020
Apache Hudi grows cloud data lake maturity
The open source Apache Hudi project helps large organizations like Uber with stream processing capabilities that handle billions of records on data lakes every day. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2020
Snowflake files for IPO after months of speculation
Cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake took a major step toward going public on Tuesday, filing an initial public stock offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2020
Yugabyte boosts distributed SQL database with new funding
The new CEO of Yugabyte, Bill Cook, explains why his distributed SQL database firm is growing as it raises its Series B round of funding with open source at the foundation. Continue Reading
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09 Jun 2020
MongoDB grows with Atlas Data Lake and mobile services
MongoDB updated its namesake open source database platform to version 4.4 and released data lake and mobile data offerings. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Jun 2020
Data growth spawns enterprise data management system challenges
Enterprises are creating and using more data and storing more of it in the cloud. If they use that data strategically, they can improve business outcomes. Continue Reading
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28 May 2020
Couchbase sees a blurring line between cloud NoSQL and SQL
Matt Cain, president and CEO of Couchbase, explains why NoSQL is part of digital transformation efforts, as his company prepares to launch a database as a service. Continue Reading
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22 May 2020
Instaclustr CTO on open source database as a service
Ben Bromhead, co-founder and CTO of Instaclustr, provides insight into the state of the open source database-as-a-service market as COVID-19 changes priorities and traffic flows. Continue Reading
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13 May 2020
Redis Labs expands database to real-time data processing
Open source database vendor Redis Labs released RedisGears and RedisAI in an effort to expand the Redis platform beyond database to enable a real-time data processing system. Continue Reading
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12 May 2020
Cockroach Labs looks to accelerate cloud-native database
Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, talks about the distributed SQL database vendor and its future, with new financing and a new cloud-native database release. Continue Reading
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06 May 2020
Confluent improves Kafka event streaming in the cloud
Confluent unveiled the first new capabilities of its Project Metamorphosis, designed to help users deploy and manage event streaming in the cloud. Continue Reading
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05 May 2020
Dremio accelerates cloud data lake queries for AWS
New features in the AWS Edition of Dremio's data lake engine make it easier for organizations to scale and manage data lake queries in the cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Apr 2020
Building a database application the DIY way
Business users experience the trials, tribulations and exultations of building a DIY DBMS, especially when IT expertise is not readily available or costs are too high. Continue Reading
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29 Apr 2020
Couchbase automates cloud-native database management
New version of NoSQL database vendor Couchbase's Autonomous Operator brings more management to cluster administrators for automated cloud-native database deployments. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Apr 2020
How the GraphQL Foundation is enabling data graphs
The GraphQL Foundation has grown over the course of its first year as database and application developers adopt the API layer approach to connecting different data sources. Continue Reading
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09 Apr 2020
How graph data science is helping the fight against COVID-19
Technology to rapidly correlate and connect disparate data sets in a knowledge graph is being used by German researchers and others in the fight against the coronavirus. Continue Reading
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03 Apr 2020
PlanetScale extends multi-cloud database as a service
Open source-based PlanetScaleDB adds support for Microsoft Azure, enabling a multi-cloud database as a service platform that supports the three major public cloud providers. Continue Reading
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01 Apr 2020
MariaDB SkySQL enables cloud-native database as a service
MariaDB brings back an old name for its cloud-native database-as-a-service platform. MariaDB CEO Michael Howard details how he's looking to compete against the big cloud providers. Continue Reading
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31 Mar 2020
DataStax making Cassandra easier with Kubernetes Operators
New Kubernetes tool for the Apache Cassandra database is DataStax's attempt to create a broadly adopted approach for cloud native deployment. Continue Reading
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16 Mar 2020
Rockset brings Query Lambdas to real-time database
Real-time cloud database looks to help better enable developers to build applications with Query Lambdas capabilities that execute queries and lookups from REST endpoint triggers. Continue Reading
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06 Mar 2020
Splice Machine 3.0 integrates machine learning capabilities, database
Monte Zweben, co-founder and CEO of Splice Machine, provides insight into what his distributed SQL database company is doing and where it's headed with its new 3.0 update. Continue Reading
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06 Mar 2020
DataStax takes aim at open source Cassandra challenges
DataStax has acquired open source Cassandra services firm The Last Pickle, adding in key tools that could help overcome enterprise database adoption challenges. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2020
The rise of multimodel databases to support data variety
Polyglot persistence has been the predominant answer to supporting diverse data models. But to optimize a variety of data, multimodel databases have been gaining popularity. Continue Reading
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21 Feb 2020
EnterpriseDB looks to grow market for PostgreSQL
Enterprises are increasingly using the open source PostgreSQL database. Read in this Q&A where the growth is coming from and how some of it is from users in the cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Feb 2020
3 of the top use cases for graph databases
Graph databases establish many unique relationships between data points. These unusual relationships are beneficial in many use cases, but here are the top three. Continue Reading
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Infographic
10 Feb 2020
NoSQL database comparison to help you choose the right store
With so many NoSQL databases to choose from, how can you tell which is best for your data set? Check out this comparison of some of the most popular NoSQL databases. Continue Reading
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05 Feb 2020
Couchbase Cloud takes a new approach to database delivery
Open source NoSQL database vendor Couchbase enters the cloud database market with a database as a service that lets users choose which public cloud vendor they want to use. Continue Reading
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04 Feb 2020
Neo4j 4.0 major update boosts graph database security, scalability
Major milestone release of open source graph database platform enhances security with controls to limit the risk of data traversal and add multi-database support. Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2020
Pepperdata Query Spotlight provides insight into data queries
New Query Spotlight tool looks to provide visibility across a data analysis cluster into how a query performs over time and why it might have degraded performance. Continue Reading
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21 Jan 2020
Where InfluxDB time series database is going
Users need more than SQL for querying databases, according to Paul Dix, co-founder and CTO of InfluxData. That's why the vendor created the Flux data scripting and query language. Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2020
MariaDB X4 brings smart transactions to open source database
Open source database vendor MariaDB updates its flagship platform with new features to enable the convergence of transactional and analytical databases. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2020
New Oracle Enterprise Manager release advances hybrid cloud
Oracle updates its Enterprise Manager platform to version 13.4, bringing new hybrid management capabilities to database users across on-premises and cloud deployments. Continue Reading
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10 Jan 2020
ArangoDB 3.6 accelerates performance of multi-model database
New release of multi-model database platform from ArangoDB introduces OneShard feature, along with other query optimization capabilities to help improve overall performance. Continue Reading
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07 Jan 2020
NuoDB set to improve distributed SQL performance
Ariff Kassam, CTO of distributed SQL database vendor NuoDB, outlines how his company has embraced cloud native and hints about what's to come in the year ahead. Continue Reading
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20 Dec 2019
SolarWinds advances cloud native database monitoring
SolarWinds grows its product portfolio with the acquisition of cloud native database monitoring vendor VividCortex, in a bid to help organizations deal with the challenges of cloud. Continue Reading
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18 Dec 2019
Q&A: The challenges of cloud-native data management
Cloud native data management isn't usually the first thing on anyone's mind, acknowledges Portworx co-founder and CTO Goutham Rao -- but find out how it's become part of organizations' journey. Continue Reading
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13 Dec 2019
Amazon Managed Apache Cassandra Service stokes competition
Vendors in the open source Cassandra NoSQL database market voice their concerns about AWS' entry into the field, as the cloud giant looks to expand its database portfolio. Continue Reading
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11 Dec 2019
Aerospike 4.8 advances database persistent memory support
Aerospike 4.8 adds full support for Intel's Optane persistent memory, enabling the NoSQL database to run both the index and data in memory for better overall performance. Continue Reading
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02 Dec 2019
Vendors move away from open source database software licensing
While open source is a key to success for many database vendors, it can also potentially lead to a competitive threat from a cloud scale provider. Continue Reading
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26 Nov 2019
Oracle looks to grow multi-model database features
Decade after decade, Oracle continues to be relevant in the database market as it pivots to include an expanding list of capabilities to serve users, notably cloud. Continue Reading
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21 Nov 2019
Confluent introduces ksqlDB event streaming database
Getting streaming data optimized to work inside of a database often involves disparate vendors and technologies, a challenge that Confluent aims to help fix. Continue Reading
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21 Nov 2019
Future of MongoDB could be brighter than other NoSQL engines
Top NoSQL database MongoDB, once thought of as a revolution in data management, has come back to Earth some, but it still has a chance to stay ahead of competitors. Continue Reading
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19 Nov 2019
CockroachDB 19.2 improves distributed database performance
New release of CockroachDB cloud-native distributed database platform helps to reduce latency; it also gets enhanced data backup capabilities. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2019
Redis Labs eases database management with RedisInsight
Based on the open source RDBTools project, Redis Labs' new tool gives database administrators a stable graphical user interface for database management. Continue Reading
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13 Nov 2019
With Vitess 4.0, database vendor matures cloud-native platform
Scaling a MySQL database in the cloud is not easy, but the open source Vitess project manages the project at scale for cloud-native Kubernetes deployments. Continue Reading
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08 Nov 2019
ScyllaDB set to improve NoSQL database performance
ScyllaDB has been helpful for big organizations such as Comcast, which was able to trim from nearly 1,000 database nodes to 78 ScyllaDB nodes and now has more room to grow. Continue Reading
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06 Nov 2019
Translytical data platforms provide options to unify databases
Forrester identifies top vendors in the translytical database category and common elements that help make the unified database model well adapted for multiple use cases. Continue Reading
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31 Oct 2019
Data silos and culture lead to data transformation challenges
Data continues to grow at a rapid rate, and users are faced with increasing complexity and challenges to make sense of it all in a way that helps improve business outcomes. Continue Reading
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21 Oct 2019
Open source database use is a growing trend
Study shows that more users are using open source software for data management, with most organizations using more than one technology to help meet different needs. Continue Reading
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17 Oct 2019
Apache Rya matures open source triple store database
Open source triple store database technology used by the U.S. Navy moves forward as a stable, mature project at the Apache Software Foundation. Continue Reading
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14 Oct 2019
PostgreSQL 12 boosts open source database performance
Widely used open source PostgreSQL database platform gets a major update providing users with new SQL query capabilities for JSON and improved performance. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2019
MemSQL 7.0 set to advance both row and column data stores
As MemSQL pushes into the cloud with its Helios service, the vendor is also pushing the boundaries of traditional row and column data stores with its SingleStore technology approach. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2019
Couchbase Server 6.5 improves NoSQL database queries
Now available in beta, the Couchbase Server 6.5 update brings distributed ACID transactions and query optimizations to the open source NoSQL database platform. Continue Reading
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Conference Coverage
01 Oct 2019
Oracle OpenWorld 2019 coverage: Oracle seeks loftier cloud perch
This guide covers technology developments and other news from the Oracle OpenWorld 2019 conference, plus key trends for Oracle cloud, database and application users. Continue Reading
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30 Sep 2019
Cloud database services multiply to ease admin work by users
The list of vendors offering managed cloud database services is growing rapidly, which gives IT teams more opportunities to offload management of database systems. Continue Reading
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25 Sep 2019
Database management tools from third parties make natives restless
Third-party database performance tools offer attractive alternatives to management software from DBMS vendors, provided their capabilities include orchestration, governance and integration. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Sep 2019
Weighing the use of third-party database administration tools
Database expert Chris Foot details the key reasons why DBAs should consider using third-party database administration to fill gaps left by the major database manufacturers. Continue Reading
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17 Sep 2019
InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 expands open source time series database
While the core open source InfluxDB 2.0 project is still in alpha, InfluxData has advanced its cloud service to support new features as it grows its time series database service. Continue Reading
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16 Sep 2019
New cloud and on-premises options for Oracle Autonomous Database
Oracle introduced new cloud and on-premises deployment options for its namesake database and automated cloud service as Oracle OpenWorld 2019 got underway. Continue Reading
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12 Sep 2019
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database brings immutable transactions
Based on technology built internally at Amazon, the tech giant's newest database provides a centralized approach for enabling a cryptographically secure ledger system. Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Aug 2019
How to manage Oracle database upgrades and annual releases
Oracle consultants offer tips and advice on upgrading databases, including new considerations created by the annual release schedule that Oracle is now following. Continue Reading
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22 Aug 2019
ArangoDB 3.5 update improves multi-model database platform
ArangoDB 3.5 accelerates its database platform with improved query performance and enhanced data security capabilities, as market demand for multi-model platforms builds. Continue Reading
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15 Aug 2019
AWS Lake Formation goes GA, as cloud data lake market grows
First released in late 2018, AWS Lake Formation is now generally available and it could be the force that helps to accelerate adoption in the cloud data lake market. Continue Reading
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13 Aug 2019
Apollo data graph brings managed federation to enterprises
The new Apollo update is intended to enable organizations to federate multiple enterprise data sets more easily and use APIs to tap into disparate data sources. Continue Reading
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06 Aug 2019
HPE buys MapR assets to fuel AI applications
Longtime independent big data vendor MapR goes out of business, selling technology and intellectual property to HPE. The move marks the continuing decline of the Hadoop market. Continue Reading
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01 Aug 2019
Startup Dgraph Labs growing graph database technology
Dgraph Labs looks expand its graph database platform, which offers the promise of reducing isolated data sources and speeding up queries. Continue Reading
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Answer
31 Jul 2019
Oracle LEFT JOIN vs. LEFT OUTER JOIN: What's the difference?
Get an explanation of the different types of Oracle joins, including whether there's really a difference between the LEFT JOIN and LEFT OUTER JOIN syntax in PL/SQL. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Jul 2019
SQL Server database design best practices and tips for DBAs
Good database design is a must to meet processing needs in SQL Server systems. In a webinar, consultant Koen Verbeeck offered advice on how to make that happen. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Jul 2019
SQL Server in Azure database choices and what they offer users
SQL Server databases can be moved to the Azure cloud in several different ways. Here's what you'll get from each of the options for migrating SQL Server to Azure. Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Jul 2019
10 cloud database migration mistakes to avoid
Database expert Chris Foot lists the top 10 oversights IT teams commonly make when undertaking a cloud database migration and offers tips on how to avoid them. Continue Reading
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News
03 Jul 2019
Snowflake product VP expounds on data warehouse for the cloud
In this Q&A, Christian Kleinerman, vice president of product development at cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake, talks about the fast-moving company's plans for the next year. Continue Reading
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28 Jun 2019
PostgreSQL database specialist EnterpriseDB gets new backing
EnterpriseDB is looking to push its database further with help from new financial backers. The deal sees Postgres originator Michael Stonebraker coming onboard as technical adviser. Continue Reading
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Tip
31 May 2019
Key features to create a SQL Server audit trail in databases
SQL Server offers a set of built-in auditing tools that can help make the process of tracking logins and other database activities easier for database administrators. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 May 2019
Check SQL Server Query Store performance impact before using
Many IT teams hesitate to use SQL Server Query Store due to performance concerns. Consultant Andy Warren offers tips on how to test and get started with Query Store. Continue Reading
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News
07 May 2019
ProvenDB brings blockchain applications to world of MongoDB
Blockchain is intriguing technology, but carries with it high system overhead. ProvenDB adds blockchain to MongoDB in an effort to gain acceptable performance. Continue Reading
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25 Apr 2019
MongoDB buys Realm database to boost mobile chops
MongoDB is buying Realm, the maker of an open source database for cross-platform mobile applications, to boost its Atlas cloud platform and Stitch backend as a service. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Mar 2019
Google Cloud Spanner overview: 4 features to consider
Cloud Spanner's ability to offer data consistency and horizontal scalability has helped the relational database service gain traction. Learn more about its architecture. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Mar 2019
Oracle 19c database software promises stability, compatibility
Oracle Database 19c offers automatic indexing and support for external data partitions but carries upgrade issues like apps certification and index creation agreement. Continue Reading