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Explore the critical coordination problem in distributed databases with insights from expert Varsha Ganesh. Learn why these ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Distributed SQL database vendor Cockroach Labs has updated its CockroachDB database with new automation and scalability features. CockroachDB 22.1 became generally available on May 24 and is the first ...

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 ...

Oracle's Globally Distributed Autonomous Database caters to organizations with multinational operations and complex data-sovereignty needs. Oracle recently announced significant updates to its ...

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 ...