Tag: Performance

March 30, 2018

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. […]

March 29, 2018

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. […]

March 29, 2018

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 […]

March 28, 2018

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 […]

March 28, 2018

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 […]

March 6, 2018

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 […]

March 6, 2018

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, […]

February 27, 2018

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 […]

February 27, 2018

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 […]

February 26, 2018

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 […]

February 26, 2018

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 […]

February 23, 2018

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 […]

February 23, 2018

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 […]

February 20, 2018

To empower the office of the CFO with data-driven insights they need to adapt to change, capitalize on new market opportunities, and increase profitability, Oracle today announced new artificial intelligence-based applications for finance. By applying advanced data science and machine […]

February 15, 2018

Python is a powerful programming language that is easy to learn and easy to work with, but it is not always the fastest to run—especially when you’re dealing with math or statistics. Third-party libraries like NumPy, which wrap C libraries, […]

February 14, 2018

Irrespective of the industry or company size, Big Data is playing a crucial role for business decision makers. Although many businesses have adopted Big Data Analytics as a critical component of their market analytics practices and customer experience enhancement, there […]

February 12, 2018

LiteDB is a fast, simple, zero-configuration, embedded NoSQL database for .Net. It is a good choice for simple applications (web, mobile, or desktop) where you may need one data file per user but don’t need to support many concurrent write […]

February 8, 2018

Getting certified is a surefire way to advance your career in the IT industry. Whether you work for an enterprise, a small business, government, healthcare or any other place that employs IT professionals, your best bet for career advancement is […]

February 8, 2018

The biggest security problems inside your company may result from problems it inherited. While the news focuses on external threats to data center security — international hackers clacking away on their computers from the privacy of an unmarked building, for […]

February 6, 2018

Following the second phase of a global survey of more than 1,200 IT leaders, CA Technologies has revealed the results which show that, as software becomes more critical to business success in the digital economy, security concerns are exponentially on […]