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Relational databases, once the epitome of data management technology, are becoming increasingly archaic as single servers lack the nuance to support the large quantities of data generated by modern ...

It wasn’t very long ago that if I wanted to start a new enterprise software company, a new fintech payments service or a new cloud payroll service, I’d have selected a relational database management ...

In a conversation last year, Justin Sheehy, CTO of Basho, described NoSQL as a movement, rather than a technology. This description immediately felt right; I've never been comfortable talking about ...

IEEE research highlights multi-model databases outperform single-model systems, reducing AI costs, latency, and schema issues ...

TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help with the ...

Imagine one huge, monolithic relational database—say, a MySQL or Oracle installation—squatting in the middle of an organization’s business like Jabba the Hut. The big blob is kind of comforting. Its ...

FileMaker Inc. on Tuesday announced the release of FileMaker Pro 7 and FileMaker Developer 7. The most significant change in this release is FileMaker’s transition to a new relational database engine ...