Sometimes a database is like a collection of wax tablets that you can stack and sort through to update, and these days, sometimes it is more like a river that has a shape defined by its geography but ...

Database technology is absolutely critical for business success. While not commonly thought of as a database, Apache Kafka, the open source stream-processing software platform, has many unique ...

Confluent narrowed the distance separating Kafka-esque stream data processing and traditional database technology with today’s unveiling of ksqlDB, a new database built atop Kafka that the company ...

Specifically, the connector leverages Oracle's change data capture (CDC) technology, which transmits updates, inserts and deletes from the OLTP database into special tables that can be polled without ...

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Confluent is unveiling ksqlDB, a new database built atop Kafka, reducing the complexity for developers looking to build real-world stream processing applications. There are two key new features that ...

It’s become almost a standard career path in Silicon Valley: A talented engineer creates a valuable open source software commodity inside of a larger organization, then leaves that company to create a ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monte Carlo, the data observability leader, today announced a series of new product advancements to help companies tackle the challenge of ensuring reliable data for ...

Why Should We Even Care If the Government Is Collecting Our Data? Kafka, not Orwell, can help us understand the problems of digitized mass surveillance, argues legal scholar Daniel J. Solove.