A decade ago, most businesses and organizations typically used one database, and that was generally one of the big four relational database platforms: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server or PostgreSQL. In 2024, ...
The design of a database determines what method is best suited for backing it up, and those methods vary quite a bit. In order to back up a database, you need to know how it’s delivered, but you also ...
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Companies across every industry increasingly understand that making data-driven decisions is a necessity to compete now, in the next five years, in the next 20 and beyond. Data growth — unstructured ...
Raj Verma is the CEO of SingleStore. He brings more than 25 years of global experience in enterprise software and operating at scale. Whether you’re in ride-hailing, financial services, network ...
At its heart, data modeling is about understanding how data flows through a system. Just as a map can help us understand a city’s layout, data modeling can help us understand the complexities of a ...
Unlike most tech markets, the decades-old global database market keeps growing faster, even as it tops $100 billion in size. The cause? The shift to cloud and attempts to take advantage of AI. Like ...
Sensor data and IoT applications have special requirements that might be better served by a specialized database. Here’s what to consider. The world has become “sensor-fied.” Sensors on everything, ...
Last month we looked at various types of database recovery, how they work, and how DBAs need to prepare for recovery scenarios. This month, let’s delve a little deeper into the issues and decisions ...