There are several types of databases, and their differing designs process data in different ways. Providing access to information is the primary purpose of a database. They can be used for a variety of tasks, ranging from storing photos to buying items online to analyzing marketing and sales data. Large amounts of information can be […]
Blockchain Technology Demystified
Prepare for blockchain technology to play a significant role in business, society, and almost everything. While 45% of CIOs said their organizations had yet to invest in blockchain between 2016 to 2021, that will change as information exchange becomes decentralized and demonstrated use cases show blockchain’s success. Blockchain spans various industries, from real estate, insurance, health care, […]
What Is Blockchain?
Blockchain is a distributed database and storage devices for the database are not all connected to a common processor. “A blockchain or distributed ledger,” as Gartner describes, “is a mechanism for adding trust in an untrusted environment.” Blockchain’s special capabilities in cryptography lead to this increased trust as a medium. Each transaction has a record. […]
Mitigating the Challenges of Data Management in Hybrid Cloud
Click to learn more about author Gaurav Belani. While hybrid clouds offer a unique solution to Data Management, they bring along some unique set of challenges too. Hybrid clouds are a combination of local cloud storage as well as on-premises storage that offer you a great deal of customization, and also more security against the […]
Blockchain as a New Security Standard for Industries
Click to learn more about author Mary Ann Callahan. Everybody is into Blockchain nowadays. Even the people who don’t have a technical background started to realize its great potential and the opportunities it can create. That is entirely expected, as the Blockchain technology indeed has the power to change the world as we know it […]
The Ongoing Debate Between Centralized and Distributed Data
Click to learn more about author Kevin W. McCarthy. Though Bon Jovi is no longer the band they were when I was a teenager, they definitely hit the nail on the head with the lyric, “the more things change, the more they stay the same” from their 2010 Greatest Hits album. This paradigm rings true […]