Microsoft Azure Storage is a cloud-based storage service that provides organizations with a variety of storage solutions. Azure Storage provides: Cloud-based file sharing Message storage NoSQL storage Virtual machine disk storage Highly scalable object storage All storage products offered through Azure Storage are designed for high availability and redundancy. The underlying hardware that supports Azure Storage provides redundancy in […]
What Is Unstructured Data?
Unstructured data is data that does not confine itself to a predetermined data model. This lack of structure renders it indecipherable to relational (SQL) databases. Hence, it cannot be easily used in a computer program and should be stored in its raw form in data lakes or non-relational (NoSQL) databases. According to CIO, unstructured data accounts for up to 90% […]
A Brief History of Data Architecture: Shifting Paradigms
Data Architecture is a set of rules, policies, and models that determine what kind of data gets collected, and how it gets used, processed, and stored within a database system. Data integration, for example, is dependent on Data Architecture for instructions on the integration process. Without the shift from a programming paradigm to a Data […]
Tales of Data Modelers
Reading Larry Burns’ “Data Model Storytelling” (TechnicsPub.com, 2021) was a really good experience for a guy like me (i.e., someone who thinks that data models are narratives). I agree with Larry on so many things. However, this post is not a review of Larry’s book. Read it for yourself – highly recommended. Reading it triggered […]
Data Warehouse vs. Data Lake Technology: Different Approaches to Managing Data
Solving business problems using big data depends upon the approach taken. For example, if an organization only knows data warehouses, then challenges will be framed to fit using a data warehouse. As Abraham Maslow, a prominent psychologist eloquently said “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat […]
Exploring the Need for Modern Databases
We have reached an exciting milestone in how we harness digital technologies. The shifts forced by the pandemic have altered our behaviors and expectations around the digital services we use. As many have said, the past 20 months accelerated years of planned digitization. But it’s only starting to become evident how successful that transformation has […]
A Brief History of Database Management
A database management system (DBMS) allows a person to organize, store, and retrieve data from a computer. It is a way of communicating with a computer’s “stored memory.” In the very early years of computers, “punch cards” were used for input, output, and data storage. Punch cards offered a fast way to enter data and […]
The Rise of Open-Source Databases: What You Need to Know
Click to learn more about author Kevin Kline. Tech pros must balance productivity with cost and complexity every day, and those who work with database platforms are further challenged as open-source databases become more commonplace. Additional complications range from the transition to remote work to the rising demand for data processing, compliance with GDPR, and […]
How to Work with Modern Databases
Click to learn more about author Thomas LaRock. Historically, databases were like digital filing cabinets, not sources for marketing information and new business opportunities. Today, we gather data at a seemingly manic pace – and as quickly as it’s collected, it’s analyzed and parsed. As the famous saying from a few years back goes, “Data is […]
Three Reasons Fast Databases Will Never Be Fast Enough
Click to learn more about author Mathias Golombek. If you look at the Data Management market (e.g. the Data Trends from the 451 Group), you are likely to be overwhelmed by the diversity of today’s technologies. Many decision makers think that this broad range of choices is too complex to consider. As a consequence, they […]