The market is abuzz with terms like NoSQL, Big Data, NewSQL, Database Appliance, etc. Often, IT decision makers can get very confused with all the noise. They do not understand why they should ...

在90年代，一个网站的访问量一般都不大，用单个数据库完全可以轻松应付。 在那个时候，更多的都是静态网页，动态交互类型的网站不多。 上述架构下，我们来看看数据存储的瓶颈是什么? 后来，随着访问量的上升，几乎大部分使用MySQL架构的网站在数据库上 ...

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The relational database may may never die — at least not anytime soon — but its days of glory appear to be over. Relational databases, long a critical piece of enterprise software deployments, are now ...

Oracle is the world's second largest software company in the multi-billion dollar software market with revenues in excess of $37 billion and a market capitalization of approximately $175 billion. The ...

Couchbase Inc. today announced an upgrade of its flagship NoSQL database system designed to help enterprises with extensive SQL experience and talent move to the NoSQL world. And why do that?

A decline for Oracle over the next 15 years is inevitable. It will be impossible to sustain the RDBMS-only paradigm against all logic as the new wave of databases lumped in under NoSQL and big data ...

When it comes to capturing and analyzing data, IT departments have more choices today than ever before. And choice is a good thing. However, in order to pick the right tool for the job, you need to ...

When it comes to capturing and analyzing data, IT departments have more choices today than ever. And choice is a good thing. However, in order to pick the right tool for the job, you need to fully ...