Top

Tag: Tools


Application areas, Other

Performance-tuning a distributed NewSQL database

April 4, 2018

Via: Info World

Doing performance tuning on distributed systems is no joking matter. It’s much more complicated than on a single node server, and bottlenecks can pop up anywhere, from system resources in a single node or subcomponent, to cooperation between nodes, to […]


Application areas, Education

DataStax Enables Enterprises to Deliver Real-Time Applications Faster, More Easily at Cloud Scale

April 4, 2018

Via: Dataversity

DataStax, a leading provider of the always-on data layer for the Right-Now Enterprise, today announced the immediate availability of DataStax Managed Cloud on Microsoft Azure. DataStax Managed Cloud, a fully managed, white-glove service, on Azure eliminates the operational data management […]


Application areas, Other

Monitor Query Performance Using Query Store in SQL Server

April 3, 2018

Via: Database Journal

There are various methods to monitor query performance in SQL Server. One of the best ways is to analyze the query execution plan and identify the queries that can cause performance bottlenecks. Sometimes, query execution plans get changed during the […]


Performance, security, and availability

The Evolution of Smart Availability

April 3, 2018

Via: Dataversity

Regardless of computing environment, workload, or OS, availability is an essential part of operational success. Outages, system or application failures, and unplanned downtime are simply not acceptable for today’s pace of business in which even 10 minutes of inoperability translates […]


Application areas, Other

How PostgreSQL just might replace your Oracle database

April 2, 2018

Via: Info World

Despite being filled with Oracle veterans, Salesforce.com can’t seem to stop flirting with rival databases, with reports surfacing that the SaaS vendor has made “significant progress” to move away from Oracle with its own homegrown database. This comes on the […]


Application areas, Other

Cosmos DB review: Database for a small planet

April 2, 2018

Via: Info World

If you do business around the world, you may need a scalable, distributed, global database. You have several choices including Google Cloud Spanner, the open source CockroachDB, the graph database Neo4j, and the subject of this review, Azure Cosmos DB. […]


Performance, security, and availability

What is the State of My Transparent Data Encrypted Database?

March 30, 2018

Via: Database Journal

When using Transparent Data Encryption, you might wonder “What is the state of my transparent data encrypted database?”  There are many different states that a transparent data encrypted database might go through.  Those states go from not being encrypted to […]


Application areas, Education

IT and Data Education Predictions: Democratizing Tech Skills

March 30, 2018

Via: Dataversity

In five to ten years, said Johan den Haan, the CTO in charge of R&D and Cloud Operations at Mendix, the number of computer scientists and data professionals using 3gl programming languages (Java, BASIC, C+) “will not” grow that much. […]


Online Tools

How to choose the right data-integration tools

March 29, 2018

Via: Info World

Data doesn’t sit in one database, file system, data lake, or repository. To service many business needs, data must be integrated from a system of record with other data sources and then used for analytics, customer-facing applications, or internal workflows. […]


Application areas, Other

DDN and SQream Partner to Deliver the World’s Fastest Big Data Analytics

March 29, 2018

Via: Dataversity

DataDirect Networks (DDN®) today announced its strategic partnership with SQream to deliver real-time Big Data analytics solutions and to significantly accelerate business decision making. The combination of DDN’s SFA® and IME® NVMe SSD storage platforms with SQream DB’s GPU-based Big […]


Application areas, Other

Is serverless computing a game-changer for the relational database market?

March 28, 2018

Via: Info World

Serverless computing, a concept that has started gaining traction in the last two years, is all about shifting focus to applications that require no infrastructure management and consume resources only for the seconds for which they are active. In the […]


Application areas, Other

How to choose the right NoSQL database

March 28, 2018

Via: Info World

NoSQL databases provide high operational speed and increased flexibility for software developers and other users when compared to traditional tabular (or SQL) databases. The data structures used by NoSQL databases—key-value, wide column, graph, or document—differ from those used by relational […]


Performance, security, and availability

Multicloud’s hidden trade-off: Greater security risk

March 6, 2018

Via: Info World

Multicloud deployments are all the rage these days, and for good reason. They provide the ultimate in enterprises flexibility, letting you mix and match cloud services to meet your exact needs. As a result, they increase business agility and operational […]


Application areas, Other

The Changing Role of the Modern DBA: Cloud, NoSQL, and Automation

March 6, 2018

Via: Database Trends and Applications

For years, DBAs’ primary responsibilities have been aimed at ensuring that data is safely, securely, accurately, and appropriately stored, managed, and maintained. However, with the rise of new data types and increasing data volumes, data environments are changing, and so, […]


Performance, security, and availability

MongoDB will support multidocument ACID transactions

February 27, 2018

Via: Info World

MongoDB will add multidocument ACID transactions support to its NoSQL database of the same name. Multidocument ACID transactions support has been the most-requested feature sought for MongoDB, said Seong Park, MongoDB’s vice president of strategy and product marketing. Multidocument support is planned for […]


Application areas, Other

NoSQL Data Architecture & Data Governance: Everything You Need to Know

February 27, 2018

Via: Dataversity

NoSQL databases have seen increased adoption in the last five years. A growing number of companies have at least one NoSQL database as a part of their enterprise data landscape. In today’s IT environment, where DevOps, SAFe and Agile are […]


Performance, security, and availability

Datical Delivers Platform Enhancements to Bring Continuous Automation to the Database

February 26, 2018

Via: Dataversity

Datical, the leading provider of database release automation, today introduced Datical 5, the latest version of its enterprise-class platform for automating database releases to deliver efficiency, speed and risk reduction for database deployments. Datical brings continuous integration and continuous delivery […]


Online Tools

Amazon Web Services Provides the Tools, But it Won’t Secure Your Data for You

February 26, 2018

Via: Dataversity

In what’s become a frighteningly frequent occurrence, another unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket has jeopardized hundreds of millions of customers’ personal data. Companies share security responsibilities with their Cloud service providers. While AWS and other CSPs must provide […]


Application areas, Other

Oracle’s cloud bravado masks its database despair

February 23, 2018

Via: Info World

Oracle isn’t normally one to expose its fetishes, but the company’s fixation on Amazon Web Services has become glaringly, disturbingly obvious. Whether at OpenWorld, in analyst briefings, or on Twitter, Oracle can’t seem to talk about anything else. Two years […]


Performance, security, and availability

Docker Containers and Database Cloning for DBAs, Data Governance, and IT Decision Makers: An Introduction

February 23, 2018

Via: Dataversity

The industry is buzzing about Docker Containers and their rapid adoption.   It’s not widely known, but MySQL, Postgres, and NoSQL are among Docker’s most popular images.  Microsoft has joined the fray with Docker as a feature of Windows Server 2016 […]