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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 […]

Controlling SAP HANA Data Sprawl

Enterprises running large SAP HANA instances in the cloud are seeing a new challenge appear as their databases continue to grow. Since SAP HANA has a simplified data layout and structure compared to a more complex legacy database, it was assumed this would result in less data sprawl and duplication. But does the data stay […]

Modeling Modern Knowledge Graphs

In the buzzing world of data architectures, one term seems to unite some previously contending buzzy paradigms. That term is “knowledge graphs.”  In this post, we will dive into the scope of knowledge graphs, which is maturing as we speak. First, let us look back. “Knowledge graph” is not a new term; see for yourself […]

Types of Databases and Their Uses

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 […]

How to Select the Right Database

In today’s data-driven world, technologies are changing very rapidly, and databases are no exception to this. The current database market offers hundreds of databases, all of them varying in data models, usage, performance, concurrency, scalability, security, and the amount of supplier support provided.  Choosing a database is a different class of challenge. Selecting the right […]

What to Expect from Open-Source Data Infrastructure in 2023

Open-source technologies will become even more prominent within enterprises’ data architecture over the coming year, driven by the stark budgetary advantages combined with some of the newest enterprise-friendly capabilities added to several solutions. Here are three predictions for the open-source data infrastructure space in 2023: 1. Economic headwinds will make open-source data technologies even more attractive to […]

Will 2023 Be the Year of the Polyglot Persistence?

Meet polyglot persistence.  It’s not a new term, but one that’s catching fire in what many call the unsexiest part of Data Management – Database Management. It also ties to the physical part of Data Management, which is storage management, often overlooked by data teams.  Storage management and database management/administration indeed used to be a separate […]