Click to learn more about author Suraj Kumar. While integration has been here for decades, it has transformed to adapt to connectivity challenges over the years. With the proliferation of data, devices, and systems, organizations have a pressing need for a seamless, integrated approach – becoming truly connected enterprises that can maintain competitiveness and deliver […]
What Is a Document Database?
Document databases refers to a category of NoSQL that represents data in a tree structure, where paths or branches connect data values or leaves. Frequently, document stores use XML and JSON formats stores. There are few practical limits to the number of paths, fields, values, or types of data that can be added to specific […]
Cybersecurity in Cryptocurrency: Risks to Be Considered
Click to learn more about author Ben Hartwig. Blockchain has grown rapidly in recent years, but cryptocurrency is not immune to security attacks. There are still cybersecurity risks to be aware of. Some cryptocurrencies have already been the victim of ransomware attacks and other security breaches by hackers. ZenCash and Ethereum Classic have both lost […]
Three Best Practices to Neutralize Ransomware Attacks
Click to learn more about author Ken Steinhardt. The question about whether your organization will be hit with a ransomware attack is not “if” but “when.” As the world has seen recently, ransomware attacks are on the rise, and they can hit anything ranging from critical infrastructure to smaller enterprises that try to stay under […]
Data Governance vs. Blockchain
Data Governance is the hot topic in today’s security- and privacy-concerned digital ecosystem. Blockchain technology offers data-centered security to sensitive, transactional systems that require tamper-resistant, fully auditable tracking mechanisms. Thus, blockchain and Data Governance (DG) complement each other in many ways, while maintaining distinct operational philosophies and application turfs. Blockchain is today’s preferred technology for […]
Overcoming Common Data Privacy and Security Challenges in the Cloud
Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. A recent survey of C-suite, information technology, and artificial intelligence practitioners offers interesting insights on the enablement of digital capabilities using cloud-based data capabilities. For instance, 68% of IT practitioners said they are using the cloud to store most of their data. Other insights include the planning by the C-level […]
Considerations for Ensuring High Availability of Applications and Data
Click to learn more about author Dave Bermingham. When you think about how best to ensure the high availability (HA) of your applications and data, you need to think about more than just the speed with which you can failover to a standby system if your database suddenly fails. Yes, you should be prepared for full failover […]
Data Containers Demystified: A Reliable Data Movement Solution
The Data Management industry has seen a significant rise in the recent interest of data containers. As Cloud Computing has gained popularity, methods for transporting data and its processing instructions, have been investigated, with data containers coming in as a viable a solution. Data containers solve the problem of getting software to run reliably, while […]
Is a Proactive Approach Best for Data Privacy and Cybersecurity?
Click to learn more about author Ashok Sharma. The dependence on the internet and the constant connection with cyberspace make personal data vulnerable to issues people and businesses are unaware of. Companies today are a storehouse for extensively valuable data – from employees’ data to the business’s financial data to corporate intelligence to customer information. […]
A Brief History of the Hadoop Ecosystem
In 2002, internet researchers just wanted a better search engine, and preferably one that was open-sourced. That was when Doug Cutting and Mike Cafarella decided to give them what they wanted, and they called their project “Nutch.” Hadoop was originally designed as part of the Nutch infrastructure, and was presented in the year 2005. The […]