Download the entire December special issue of InformationWeek, distributed in an all-digital format (registration required). Conventional wisdom says distributed databases are the future. You run a ...

A distributed database is a database that consists of two or more files located in different sites on the same or different networks. Processing is distributed among multiple database nodes stored in ...

Discover how distributed ledgers synchronize data across various locations, enhancing security and efficiency without the need for a central authority.

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Oracle announced the general availability of its Globally Distributed Autonomous Database, marking a significant enhancement in its database technology. Juan Loaiza, EVP, Mission Critical Databases ...

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High-performance database startup Yugabyte Inc. is updating its namesake platform YugabyteDB, targeting developers who prefer to run their applications on the open-source PostgreSQL database. With ...

The modern sense of NoSQL, which dates from 2009, refers to databases that are not built on relational tables, unlike SQL databases. Often, NoSQL databases boast better design flexibility, horizontal ...

It's common for storage discussions to begin with a reference to data growth. The implied assumption is that companies will want to capture and store all the data they can for a growing list of ...

In a distributed database, the data systems are held in different physical locations but can be accessed by all computers on a system. Processing is also shared among the many nodes—a database ...