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Computing, Data Management

When should you use a database instead of a spreadsheet?

March 8, 2023

Via: Big Data Analytics News

Spreadsheets and databases are two of the most popular tools used to store and analyze data. Both technologies have been around for a long time; databases date to the early 1970s and spreadsheets are a more “recent” evolution (with VisiCalc’s […]


Computing, Data Management

The role of the database in edge computing

February 7, 2023

Via: Info World

The concept of edge computing is simple. It’s about bringing compute and storage capabilities to the edge, to be in close proximity to devices, applications, and users that generate and consume the data. Mirroring the rapid growth of 5G infrastructure, […]


Computing, Data Management

Key Components of an Effective Data Center

February 3, 2023

Via: Big Data Analytics News

Data is the driving force that powers the modern world. Companies rely on data to monitor their operations and make critical business decisions. Unfortunately, developing and maintaining a reliable and efficient data center is a challenging endeavor that requires careful […]


Computing, Data Management

Four Strategies For Effective Database Compliance

January 25, 2023

Via: SmartData Collective

Modern data is an increasingly overwhelming field, with new information being created and absorbed by businesses every second of the day. Instead of drawing in the sheer speed of production that we’re encountering, many businesses have moved into effective data […]


Computing, Software & Applications

AI for Software Development: Can Machines Write Good Code?

December 28, 2022

Via: Big Data Analytics News

You hear the word AI everywhere you go. It has influenced all spheres of life and all domains of business. No wonder AI is now capable of writing computer code. This is indeed bad news for developers, who may lose […]


Computing, Data Management

10 databases supporting in-database machine learning

December 19, 2022

Via: Info World

In my October 2022 article, “How to choose a cloud machine learning platform,” my first guideline for choosing a platform was, “Be close to your data.” Keeping the code near the data is necessary to keep the latency low, since […]


Privacy, Security

We need to start taking our passwords seriously, come on

November 22, 2022

Via: Techradar

A raft of recent research has once again revealed that many of us are still absolutely terrible when it comes to creating strong password. This includes a new report from password manager Nordpass, which examined a database that totals over […]


Privacy, Security

What Is Information Security & What Should Employees Know About It?

October 26, 2022

Via: Big Data Analytics News

Information security has become a critical issue in the workplace, with digitalization and work-from-home starting to come of age, and the increase in cyberattacks further fanning the flames. As the name suggests, this is a practice that deals with securing […]


Computing, Data Management

MongoDB: From jokes to juggernaut

June 8, 2022

Via: Info World

When I rejoined MongoDB in 2021, I got to hear all the old jokes rehashed. You know, about MongoDB being “web scale,” about losing data, about only being eventually consistent, and so on. The web scale video is funny; the […]


Computing, Data Management

Cloudflare to take on AWS, Azure, Google with D1 distributed database

May 13, 2022

Via: Info World

Building on top of its recently launched serverless application platform Workers and the R2 object storage service, Cloudflare is releasing a new serverless database, dubbed D1, to take on databases from AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP and Oracle. The company claims […]


Computing, Data Management

Monitor SQL Server for Redundancy Management & Database Sizing

December 13, 2021

Via: Big Data Analytics News

There are a lot of reasons to take SQL Server monitoring seriously, and it should be a priority for any database administrator. Two of the top contenders in this context are the opportunity to optimize availability and also to get […]


Computing, Data Management

Which cloud database should you use?

October 12, 2021

Via: Info World

The fundamental principle of cloud systems is a focus on multiple, disposable, and replaceable machines. This has direct consequences for the implementation techniques, and therefore the capabilities of database systems implemented in the cloud. Traditional databases can be roughly classified […]


Computing, Data Management

What is a data warehouse? The source of business intelligence

August 24, 2021

Via: Info World

Databases are typically classified as relational (SQL) or NoSQL, and transactional (OLTP), analytic (OLAP), or hybrid (HTAP). Departmental and special-purpose databases were initially considered huge improvements to business practices, but later derided as “islands.” Attempts to create unified databases for […]


Computing, Data Management, Internet, Wireless & Cloud

As edge computing evolves, the cloud’s role changes

September 11, 2020

Via: Info World

The notion of edge computing typically conjures an image of a device in a factory someplace, providing rudimentary computing and data collection to support a piece of manufacturing equipment. Perhaps it keeps the factory temperature and humidity optimized for the […]


Computing, Data Management

Oracle Introduces the MySQL Database Service on Its Cloud Infrastructure

September 10, 2020

Via: InfoQ

In a recent blog post, Oracle introduced the MySQL Database Service in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The service is now available as a fully-managed service running on Oracle Generation 2 Cloud Infrastructure. The MySQL team at Oracle was responsible […]


Computing, Data Management

10 new tricks your old database can do

June 17, 2019

Via: Info World

In all the excitement about NoSQL databases, distributed databases, data warehouses, and GPU-accelerated databases these days, it’s easy to forget that traditional relational databases still store and serve the mission-critical information for many, if not most, line-of-business applications. Oracle Database, […]


Internet, Wireless & Cloud

Google Announces a New Revamped Cloud Source Repositories in Beta

September 27, 2018

Via: InfoQ

Google announced it is bringing code search with the newly revamped Cloud Source Repositories in beta availability. The overhaul of the service means an entirely new user interface and semantic code search capabilities. The beta available Cloud Source Repositories is […]


Data Science

Data is inherently messy. Is that really such a bad thing?

August 2, 2018

Via: Info World

A data quality expert once told me that vendors providing data quality software solutions should always ensure 100 percent quality data, and if they didn’t, they should be liable for any ensuing issues. I disagreed with that harsh assessment then—and […]


Data Science

Data Profiling: The First Step to Data Science

July 20, 2018

Via: DataVersity

In 2012 former Chief Data Scientist of the United States DJ Patil and Babson College Professor Thomson H. Davenport famously declared that the job of Data Scientist would be the “Sexiest job of the 21st Century.” While that may true, […]


Application areas, Online Tools, Other

Datadog Announces Global Search and Analytics for Application Traces

July 16, 2018

Via: Dataversity

A recent press release states, “Datadog, the leading monitoring and analytics platform for modern cloud environments, today announced the availability of Trace Search and Analytics. This new capability allows engineers to explore, graph, and correlate high cardinality application performance data. […]