According to a new press release, “data Artisans, founded by the original creators of Apache Flink®, today unveiled at the Flink Forward Berlin conference a new patent-pending technology that extends the scope of stream processing with fast, serializable ACID transactions directly on streaming data. With the introduction of data Artisans Streaming Ledger, data Artisans is […]
A Brief History of Non-Relational Databases
First came relational databases, which provide a useful comparison for understanding non-relational databases. Invented by Edgar F. Codd in 1970, the relational database arranges data into different rows and columns by associating a specific key for each row. Almost all relational database systems use Structured Query Language (SQL) and are remarkably complex. They are traditionally […]
How to Choose the Right NoSQL Database
This is the second part of an ongoing series on NoSQL Databases, the first part was NoSQL Data Architecture & Data Governance: Everything You Need to Know. In that first part, I explained different NoSQL Database types and provided a few use cases suitable for each type. But that is not sufficient when you are […]
GridGain Systems Introduces Next-Generation In-Memory Computing Platform
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “GridGain Systems, provider of enterprise-grade in-memory computing platform solutions based on Apache® Ignite™, today announced GridGain 8.1. The solution expands the bounds of in-memory computing with a new memory-centric architecture, which leverages ongoing advancements in memory and storage technologies to provide distributed in-memory computing performance with the […]
NuoDB 2.6 Delivers Elastic SQL Database for Scaling On-Demand Cloud Applications
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “NuoDB, the elastic SQL database company for cloud applications, today released NuoDB 2.6 to enable customers to elastically scale out their modern cloud applications as part of their digital transformation efforts. With formal support for active-active database deployments across Amazon Web Services (AWS) Availability Zones, NuoDB […]
A Review of Different Database Types: Relational versus Non-Relational
Relational databases are also called Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) or SQL databases. Historically, the most popular of these have been Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, MySQL, and IBM DB2. The RDBMS’s are used mostly in large enterprise scenarios, with the exception of MySQL, which is also used to store data for Web applications. All […]
Is NoSQL (or No+SQL) the Future of Databases?
There are strong opinions among IT leaders about where the real future of database technology lies. At the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World 2016 Conference, for example, one could hear Mike Bowers, Enterprise Data Architect at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), tout the virtues of NoSQL. He urged every organization to have […]
The Dawn of NewSQL: Bridging the Gap Between Traditional RDBMS and NoSQL
Click here to learn more about author Jeff Boehm. In the history of computing, the introduction of the relational database helped spark an explosion of application development and delivery. Yet while that technology has experienced improvements over the decades, it’s built on 30-year-old concepts of computing. Modern day organizations have a clear strategy toward globalization […]
GridGain Systems Introduces In-Memory Computing Solutions Deployed on Azure
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “GridGain Systems, provider of enterprise-grade In-Memory Computing solutions based on Apache® Ignite™, announced today that they are now offering the GridGain In-Memory Data Fabric deployed on Microsoft Azure. The newly available GridGain on Azure will help financial services organizations leverage Microsoft’s integrated cloud services to rapidly […]