Mention the word “database,” and most people think of the venerable RDBMS that has dominated the landscape for more than 30 years. That, however, may soon change. A whole crop of new contenders are ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud is getting boosted with an array of data-focused updates, with expanded capabilities for its Intelligent Data Platform and new functions in its main database offerings ...

Part 4 of CRN’s Big Data 100 includes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the big data database system space. The total volume of data created or replicated globally reached 64.2 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. The world of big data analytics and data science can be ...

It's been amusing to watch the NoSQL movement transition from a "We don't need no stinking SQL" attitude to a "Can I please have some SQL with that?" philosophy. The nonrelational databases that ...

Part 2 of CRN’s Big Data 100 includes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the big data database system space. Left On Base The total amount of data created and replicated worldwide ...

In Andy Mendelsohn’s line of work, people tell him their data problems and their hope and fears for moving to the cloud. Mendelsohn, Oracle’s executive vice president for database server technologies, ...

Startup Quander aims to help brands "deliver a memorable, measurable, multi-sensory brand experience". It uses interactive technology to enhance the customer experience, while capturing the data that ...

Big data has unceremoniously ended the era of the “all-purpose database.” The days of sticking uniform data into a single database and running all your business applications off it are gone. Business ...

Big data is predicted to transform almost everything about how we live our lives, and skilled professionals are needed to analyze that data for important insights. With the rapid advance of computer ...