For a long time, companies have been using relational databases (DB) to manage data. However, with the increasing use of ...

Most database startups avoid building relational databases, since that market is dominated by a few goliaths. Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server have embedded themselves into the technical fabric ...

Designing an appropriate set of indexes can be one of the more troubling aspects of developing efficient relational database applications. Perhaps, the most important thing you can do to assure ...

A database is a core part of many apps, from full-blown enterprise websites to simple tools like shopping lists and finance trackers. Relational databases driven by SQL are popular, but Linux offers a ...

MetLife Inc. is building what will arguably become one of the largest real-time relational databases in the financial services industry by using middleware that will tie together silos of customer ...

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Data estates are expansive. Organizations in all business verticals are operating data stacks that run on a mixture of legacy technologies that work effectively but aren’t always easy to move or ...

Let's take a look at some of the bigger product and feature announcements made, and what it means for your enterprise database. Microsoft's annual Build conference kicked off in Seattle today with the ...

Brilliant Database’s point-and-click scripting simplifies adding functionality to your database. Brilliant Database is a relational database package that includes table design, reporting, scripting, ...

Microsoft broke new ground in scalability when it launched Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Here's what it took to make Microsoft's hyperscale vision work with the existing Azure infrastructure. When ...

Oracle’s change in strategy to release a developer-first version of its new database is linked to the company’s plans to defend its market dominance and look at innovative ways to acquire new ...