The non-relational database explosion of the late 2000s was motivated by several disenchantments with the—until then—dominant relational database model. A key concern for many involved the overly ...

If there was just one aspect of relational databases that led to the explosion of non-relational alternatives over the last 10 years, it was the ACID transaction model. ACID transactions were ...

A database start up, NuoDB, reached out to me to talk about a project they were working on to address the need for extremely scalable, web scale, transaction oriented database engines. The ...

Google has turned a database service that it uses to run some of its mission-critical products into an offering for its public cloud customers. On Tuesday, the company launched Cloud Spanner, a new, ...

The research behind the horizontally scalable, SQL-compatible database has spawned imitators, but Google's private network is the real secret sauce Earlier this year, Google offered a peek at Cloud ...

Expanding its portfolio of Database as a Service (DBaaS) offerings, Google has announced that it is adding a new database service called Cloud Spanner to its public cloud platform. This service ...

Database systems are the backbone of contemporary data-driven applications, underpinning industries ranging from finance to scientific research. As data volumes surge and complexity increases, robust ...

Distributed databases have become interesting and attractive in the last decade, as companies with world-wide operations require transactional databases with horizontal scalability and global reach.

NoSQL and NewSQL databases are popular solutions in the data management space. At VoltDB, we’re sometimes asked to clarify the difference between the two approaches. Here’s what you need to know if ...