Click to learn more about author Niels Brinch Experts in relational database structure may find it very confusing to structure data in a document database. However, there are actually more similarities than differences. Here are some observations that may make it easier for experts in relational databases to make the transition to design their data […]
Four Types of Idle Cloud Resources that are Wasting Your Money
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. We have been talking about idle cloud resources for several years now. Typically, we’re talking about instances purchased on-demand that you’re using for non-production purposes like development, testing, QA, staging, etc. These resources can be “parked” when they’re not being used, such as on nights and weekends, […]
What Is a Relational Database?
A relational database is a type of structure organizing data into groups through tables, that contain rows and columns. These tables connect by keys associated with each row in other tables. Data in any relational database can be added to, viewed, filtered, modified or deleted through a standard programming interface called structured query language (SQL). […]
Ten Recommendations for Building Great Data Catalogs
Click to learn more about author Oksana Sokolovsky and Rohit Mahajan. Data catalogs can be powerful platforms for Data Management, and enterprise interest in them is continually growing. But all the power and features data catalogs may bring can be squandered without a good data cataloging methodology, paired with common-sense practices. With that in mind, […]
Blockchain and Enterprise DataOps Suit Up for the Enterprise
Click to learn more about author Amit Satoor. To gain a place on the enterprise roster, Blockchain should start by teaming with database and Data Management platforms . The two will need each other to win in the digital era. The promise of incorporating Blockchain in the enterprise includes better trust, traceability, and transparency while providing […]
Alibaba Cloud and MariaDB Announce the Launch of ApsaraDB RDS for MariaDB TX
According to a recent press release, “Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, and MariaDB® Corporation, the company behind the world’s fastest growing open source database, today announced the general availability of ApsaraDB Relational Database Service (RDS) for MariaDB TX at The Computing Conference 2018 hosted by Alibaba. With this partnership, the two […]
Case Study: Data Virtualization Seasons the Machine Learning and Blockchain Landscape for McCormick
Food flavoring giant McCormick is spicing things by adopting Data Virtualization for a number of its key projects including the deployment of Machine Learning techniques and a Blockchain collaboration program with a prominent retailer as part of a plan to better control food quality. In a recent DATAVERSITY® interview with Terry Moon, an Information Architect […]
AWS and VMware Announce Amazon Relational Database Service on VMware
According to a new press release, “Today at VMworld 2018, Amazon Web Services, Inc., and VMware, announced Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) on VMware. Amazon RDS on VMware is a service that will make it easy for customers to set up, operate, and scale databases in VMware-based software-defined data centers and hybrid environments and […]
Data Modeling is Dead…Long Live Schema Design!
Click to learn more about author Pascal Desmarets. Reality or not, the perception nowadays is that Data Modeling has become a bottleneck and doesn’t fit in an Agile Development approach. Plus, with NoSQL being “schema-less”, perception often is that there is no need for Data Modeling ahead of coding. You may pretend that it is not […]
Tackling the Challenge of Transforming Unstructured Data into Actionable Intelligence
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. A lot has been said about the enormous value that businesses can derive from their information assets. However, when it comes to weighing the benefits and challenges associated with leveraging big data, it is easy to overlook a key underlying issue: More than 80% of all data […]