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OLTP Database Solutions for Today’s Transactions

Online transaction processing (OLTP) enables rapid, accurate data processing for most of today’s business transactions, such as through ATMs, online banking, e-commerce, and other types of daily services. With OLTP, the common, defining characteristic of any transaction is its atomicity, or indivisibility. A transaction either succeeds as a whole, fails, or is canceled. It cannot […]

A Brief History of Data Silos

The original purpose of a data silo was to keep secrets. People have been keeping secrets for a long, long time. Prior to the written word, keeping a secret meant not sharing specific information with anyone else, verbally. And then came the written word. Secrets could be shared accidentally, or even stolen. Life became more […]

Five Enterprise Data Trends to Watch in 2021

Click to learn more about author Adi Paz. Digital transformation has taken on heightened importance in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Enterprises throughout the globe are striving to glean real-time operational insights from big data to boost profitability, provide superior customer experiences, and adhere to regulations.  However, ingesting and analyzing rapidly growing data volumes […]

Hybrid Database Architectures Lead the Way

Hybrid databases have evolved in the last decade, with a focus on cloud environments. In 2013, Gartner created the term “Hybrid Transaction/Analytical Processing” (or HTAP), which is defined by Gartner as: “An emerging application architecture that ‘breaks the wall’ between transaction processing and analytics. It enables more informed and ‘in business real time’ decision making.” […]

Make the Most of Graph Databases Through Interactive Analytics

New Big Data systems and advanced technologies are revolutionizing how businesses analyze their data assets and discover new value and insights across their business practices. Barry Zane, Senior Vice President and John Rueter, Vice President of Marketing at Cambridge Semantics, both recently sat down with DATAVERSITY® to discuss how companies are implementing new technologies such […]

ScyllaDB Announces Release of Its NoSQL Database and Support for Concurrent OLTP and OLAP

A new press release states, “ScyllaDB, the real-time big data database company, kicked off its two-day Scylla Summit by announcing a major release of its database, Scylla Open Source 3.0. The company also previewed Scylla support for concurrent OLTP and OLAP, an industry first that enables simultaneous transactional and analytical processing. This release marks a […]