Database management
As the volume of business data has grown, database management has become vital to data optimization and security. Database management are processes that ensure proper application performance, avoid compliance risk and protect valuable business data. Read database management strategies to make sure data is controlled throughout its lifecycle, from creation to deletion.
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10 Apr 2024
Cloud database security: Best practices, challenges and threats
If your company is using a cloud database, it's critical to stay on top of security. Review the security features offered by top cloud providers, plus some best practices. Continue Reading
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09 Apr 2024
Google Cloud to inject Gemini into data, analytics tools
The tech giant unveiled integrations between its LLM and BigQuery, Looker and its databases to provide customers with a foundation for developing GenAI models and applications. Continue Reading
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17 Aug 2021
Confluent builds out Kafka event streaming platform
Confluent aims to make it easier for users to query data in motion coming from Apache Kafka, with the ksqlDB pull query capability in its cloud platform update. Continue Reading
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16 Aug 2021
MongoDB CTO's view of data challenges
The database vendor CTO discusses cloud migration, organizational structure and collaboration, go-to-market challenges organizations face, and the value of a chief data officer. Continue Reading
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04 Aug 2021
Varada scales cloud data platform with new release
Varada realized it needed more flexibility to help its users scale its data lake query platform, so it added elasticity capabilities to help meet that demand. Continue Reading
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03 Aug 2021
Ahana raises $20M for Presto cloud data lake query tech
Ahana looks to grow the market for its open source-based cloud data query engine as the volume of stored data that organizations want to analyze continues to expand. Continue Reading
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30 Jul 2021
Couchbase NoSQL database adds relational capabilities
With its latest update, Couchbase introduced features that bring the equivalent of tables and schema to its database to reduce friction for those moving from a relational database. Continue Reading
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27 Jul 2021
Apache Cassandra 4.0 advances open source database
Among the new features in the open source Cassandra database update are virtual tables that help operators improve performance and optimize operations. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2021
Couchbase IPO brings NoSQL database to the stock market
Couchbase makes a move into the public markets with a Nasdaq listing as it continues to develop its NoSQL database technology that runs on premises and in the cloud. Continue Reading
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20 Jul 2021
Monte Carlo Incident IQ looks to improve data observability
Various problems can cause data pipelines to break or contain inaccurate information. Monte Carlo aims to help its users figure out the root cause and fix it. Continue Reading
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14 Jul 2021
Hazelcast Platform integrates data grid and event streaming
Hazelcast's new technology will provide a unified SQL query engine on a single cluster that will allow users to query both real-time data and data at rest. Continue Reading
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13 Jul 2021
MongoDB 5.0 expands open source document database operations
At the MongoDB.live 2021 virtual conference, the vendor unveiled its next-generation database platform with more time-series data support and live re-sharding capabilities. Continue Reading
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09 Jul 2021
Rockset adds MySQL connector to real-time indexing database
Rockset made a set of connectors for MySQL and PostgreSQL generally available. The tools enable real-time data indexing for analytics on transactional data. Continue Reading
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08 Jul 2021
Silk advances cloud data migration with $55M funding round
Silk has developed a virtualized data system that abstracts cloud resources, helping organizations port their on-premises databases to the cloud. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Jun 2021
relational database
A relational database is a collection of information that organizes data points with defined relationships for easy access. Continue Reading
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23 Jun 2021
SingleStore updates unified database platform
The database vendor formerly known as MemSQL is out with a major update that adds new storage and multicolumn key support functionality to its unified database platform. Continue Reading
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23 Jun 2021
PlanetScale CEO discusses $30M funding for cloud database
The CEO and co-founder of PlanetScale, Jiten Vaidya, outlines the challenges and opportunities for his firm's open source distributed SQL cloud database. Continue Reading
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Definition
22 Jun 2021
Db2
Db2 is a family of database management system (DBMS) products from IBM that serve a number of different operating system (OS) platforms. Continue Reading
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17 Jun 2021
Neo4j raises $325M in funding to advance graph database
Emil Eifrem, CEO and co-founder of Neo4j, discusses how the graph database vendor is seeing growing demand for its technology, with applications for data science and supply chain. Continue Reading
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04 Jun 2021
Dremio accelerates data lake operations with Dart Initiative
The cloud data lake engine platform vendor looks to accelerate queries with its Dart Initiative, which uses a query cache plan to optimize SQL queries against data lakes. Continue Reading
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Definition
03 Jun 2021
hashing
Hashing is the process of transforming any given key or a string of characters into another value. Continue Reading
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26 May 2021
Databricks opens up data lakes for data sharing
At its virtual Data + AI Summit, the AI vendor detailed new capabilities to make information stored in cloud data lakes more accessible and secure. Continue Reading
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26 May 2021
Microsoft builds distributed ledger for Azure SQL database
The tech giant debuted new database services, including more security for Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL, and a distributed ledger for Azure SQL. Continue Reading
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20 May 2021
CockroachDB version 21.1 simplifies distributed SQL database
Cockroach Labs updated its database platform with enhanced capabilities giving database administrators more control over where and how data is distributed around the world. Continue Reading
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Definition
18 May 2021
information
Information is stimuli that has meaning in some context for its receiver. When information is entered into and stored in a computer, it is generally referred to as data. Continue Reading
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18 May 2021
PlanetScale launches new database-as-a-service platform
The main vendor behind the open source Vitess distributed SQL cloud platform for MySQL is out with a new cloud platform that will integrate well with developer-based workflows. Continue Reading
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13 May 2021
ChaosSearch brings SQL to cloud data lake platform
The cloud data lake engine provider expands beyond log search, with a multi-model API that now includes SQL query execution for analytics and BI. Continue Reading
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06 May 2021
MariaDB expands SkySQL cloud database for high availability
The Xpand distributed SQL capability is now generally available on the MariaDB SkySQL DBaaS, providing users with more performance and scalability. Continue Reading
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05 May 2021
Future of data management is in the cloud
Organizations are increasingly moving their data management efforts to the cloud with cloud database systems set to produce the majority of revenue by 2022. Continue Reading
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29 Apr 2021
Building a big data architecture: Core components, best practices
To process the infinite volume and variety of data collected from multiple sources, most enterprises need to get with the program and build a multilayered big data architecture. Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2021
Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.5 unifies database management
The updated tool introduces a database workload analyzer feature to help administrators optimize operation on premises and in the cloud. Continue Reading
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22 Apr 2021
Redis Labs previews future database and caching features
Open source database vendor previews a series of upcoming improvements as Redis users at RedisConf 2021 provide insights into how they are using the technology today. Continue Reading
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20 Apr 2021
Era Software raises $15.25M for enterprise data management
The startup that began as the EraDB time series database is advancing its efforts with new funding and a cloud service for its EraSearch data management platform. Continue Reading
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20 Apr 2021
Dgraph GraphQL database users detail graph use cases
Graph DB vendor Dgraph Labs is expanding its AWS cloud footprint with new regions and adding change data capture capabilities in its latest open source release. Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2021
Pandemic triggered data security movement to DBaaS
Database-as-a-service technology has aided enterprises tasked with keeping data secure with IT professionals working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Apr 2021
NoSQL (Not Only SQL database)
NoSQL is an approach to database management that can accommodate a wide variety of data models, including key-value, document, columnar and graph formats. Continue Reading
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06 Apr 2021
Upsolver raises $25M for no-code data lake platform
Upsolver's CEO discusses why the vendor is raising new money to advance its cloud data lake go-to-market efforts, and technologies such as the open source Presto query engine. Continue Reading
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30 Mar 2021
Aiven set to grow open source database-as-a-service platform
There is no shortage of challenges and competition in the open source database market, but Aiven CTO Heikki Nousiainen sees opportunities for growth. Continue Reading
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26 Mar 2021
Top open source database advantages for enterprises
Open source databases typically offer lower upfront costs and more community support and, in recent years, have offered strong competition to commercial database offerings. Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2021
CrateDB 4.5 takes distributed SQL database open source
The distributed SQL database vendor is out with a new version of its CrateDB database that brings improved security and management features for on-premises and cloud deployments. Continue Reading
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24 Mar 2021
Incorta 5 advances direct data mapping technology
The big data analytics platform vendor will add more data connectors and advance data visualization capabilities as enterprises' need for more insights from data continues to grow. Continue Reading
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17 Mar 2021
Instaclustr acquires Credativ to boost managed databases
The managed open source database services vendor is looking to grow its platform offering by bringing in new expertise to enable PostgreSQL deployments. Continue Reading
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Definition
09 Mar 2021
data structures
A data structure is a specialized format for organizing, processing, retrieving and storing data. Continue Reading
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05 Mar 2021
Oracle Database 21c looks for adoption of blockchain tables
Blockchain isn't just for cryptocurrency. The technology can be an additional layer of security and authenticity enabling an immutable transaction ledger in a relational database. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2021
Yugabyte raises $48M to build out distributed SQL database
The leader of a young open source database company explains why the vendor is raising new money as the demand for cloud scalability continues to grow. Continue Reading
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02 Mar 2021
Microsoft ignites Apache Cassandra Azure service
Microsoft rolled out a series of enhancements for the company's cloud data efforts, including updates to Azure Cosmos DB and a new database service for Cassandra. Continue Reading
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26 Feb 2021
Open source database migration guide: How to transition
Open source database transitions have been on the rise as they prove to be worthy competitors to commercial database options, but that transition requires strategy and user buy-in. Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2021
DataStax Astra serverless DBaaS optimizes deployments
DataStax is changing how its DBaaS works, providing a way for users to more easily scale both up and own and only pay for the resources that are consumed. Continue Reading
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23 Feb 2021
Hasura 2.0 expands GraphQL API-to-database connectivity
Hasura is looking beyond solely transactional databases with its new platform update, enabling users to more easily connect with BigQuery as well as other data sources. Continue Reading
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16 Feb 2021
New SingleStore CIO's vision is to enrich lives through data
Oliver Schabenberger is moving from BI and analytics to data management, and in this Q&A discusses his surprising departure from an established vendor to go to a newer company. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2021
YugabyteDB 2.4 brings new Spark to distributed SQL database
Distributed SQL database vendor issues new stable release of its platform, adding support for Apache Spark 3.0 and encryption for data at rest. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2021
Starburst Galaxy brings Trino to the cloud
Starburst previewed a new managed service based on the open source Trino-based data management and query engine platform technology during the Datanova virtual conference. Continue Reading
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10 Feb 2021
Time series database firm EraDB launches Erasearch
EraDB made its EraSearch log management platform generally available, providing organizations with a system that can help improve performance and scalability. Continue Reading
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02 Feb 2021
MongoDB Realm Sync simplifies cloud data synchronization
MongoDB put into general availability its mobile Realm database to data synchronization service, easing the challenge for developers to connect data from the edge to the cloud. Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2021
DataStax enters event streaming market with Apache Pulsar
DataStax is getting into the event streaming market with the acquisition of Kesque, which uses the open source Apache Pulsar project as the foundation for its platform. Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2021
Neo4j unveils cloud graph database for the enterprise
Neo4j Aura Enterprise is a fully-managed cloud database built for large organizations. The vendor previously developed Aura Professional, a similar tool for SMBs. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2021
Graph database vs. relational database: Key differences
Relational databases and graph databases both focus on the relationships between data but not in the same ways. Here are some key differences between the two. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2021
ScyllaDB NoSQL database to improve with Project Circe
ScyllaDB Project Circe sets out to help improve consistency, elasticity and performance for the open source NoSQL database. Continue Reading
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13 Jan 2021
Oracle Database 21c brings blockchain and JavaScript
Oracle's flagship DB platform is moving beyond its roots with the 21c update, to embrace more languages and models in a bid to create a universal converged database offering. Continue Reading
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12 Jan 2021
Cockroach Labs nabs $160M to grow distributed SQL database
Cockroach Labs is looking to advance its CockroachDB database platform in 2021 with $160 million in new funding that it will use to help expand features and market reach. Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2021
Dremio raises $135M to boost data lake transformation effort
The CEO of Dremio outlines why the vendor is growing as organizations increasingly rely on cloud data storage to fuel business intelligence and analytics. Continue Reading
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29 Dec 2020
Emerging data management trends to watch in 2021
A number of nascent efforts across the enterprise data landscape became manifest in 2020 that are likely to become larger trends into 2021, including the data lakehouse, Iceberg and Presto. Continue Reading
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15 Dec 2020
Cloud data warehouse Firebolt secures $37 million at launch
Firebolt, a new challenger to established cloud data storage vendors including Microsoft and Google, launched recently after securing $37 million in financing. Continue Reading
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11 Dec 2020
Stargate API brings GraphQL to Cassandra database
DataStax has integrated the open source Stargate API 1.0 release into its Astra DBaaS platform, bringing GraphQL to the Apache Cassandra database. Continue Reading
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08 Dec 2020
SingleStore raises $80M for distributed SQL database
Raj Verma, CEO of SingleStore, explains why the vendor rebranded from MemSQL and how its platform is more than just an in-memory database, but is a general-purpose database. Continue Reading
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02 Dec 2020
Oracle MySQL Database Service integrates analytics engine
The enterprise edition of the MySQL database is being enhanced on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to enable users to run analytics queries on the same system as transactional queries. Continue Reading
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Quiz
01 Dec 2020
Quiz on MongoDB 4 new features and database updates
Check out this excerpt from the new book Learn MongoDB 4.x from Packt Publishing, then quiz yourself on new updates and features to the database. Continue Reading
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30 Nov 2020
MongoDB Atlas Online Archive brings data tiering to DBaaS
MongoDB's online archive service gives organizations the ability to automatically archive data to lower-cost storage, while still enabling the data to be queried. Continue Reading
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23 Nov 2020
Fauna improves data API collaboration and security
A database company founded by former Twitter engineers is pushing forward its vision of a way to consume database as a service using its own Fauna Query Language. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2020
DataStax optimizes Cassandra for Kubernetes with K8ssandra
The data management vendor is combining monitoring tools, helm charts and an operator to improve Cassandra database deployment and management for cloud-native Kubernetes environments. 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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27 Oct 2020
Rockset raises $40M for real-time indexing database
The CEO and co-founder of real-time indexing database vendor details the evolution of the company from its origins in the open source RocksDB project to future development projects. Continue Reading
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20 Oct 2020
MongoDB Atlas now enables multi-cloud database clusters
Multi-cloud data portability comes to MongoDB Atlas with a new capability that will enable users to run a database application across multiple clouds simultaneously. 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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18 Sep 2020
Aerospike Connect improves integrations with NoSQL database
Aerospike updates connectors for popular data query and event streaming tools, including Kafka, Spark, Pulsar and soon Presto, helping users to get more real-time data. 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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13 Aug 2020
Oracle Autonomous JSON Database takes on MongoDB, Couchbase
The new Autonomous JSON Database is an attempt by Oracle to specifically support customers who only want document database capabilities and not a full multimodel database. 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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29 Jul 2020
Rockset updates real-time indexing cloud database
Technology based on the open source RocksDB project is helping cloud database vendor Rockset improve scalability for real-time data applications that don't benefit from data lakes. 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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16 Jul 2020
How to choose the right database to fit your data model(s)
Choosing the right database for your enterprise applications can be a difficult process. Read on for some considerations on data platforms and model needs before making the choice. 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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10 Jul 2020
AWS and Oracle battle for hybrid cloud database deployment
Oracle's Autonomous Database and the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) are coming down from the cloud and are now available for users to run on premises. 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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23 Jun 2020
IBM advances its Cloudant cloud database as DBaaS grows
Adam Kocoloski, VP and CTO of IBM cloud data services, details IBM's direction and strategy for cloud databases and explains why Cloudant is changing to boost scalability. Continue Reading
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Definition
19 Jun 2020
data aggregation
Data aggregation is any process whereby data is gathered and expressed in a summary form. 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