Column databases have keys, values, and timestamps; the timestamp is used for determining the valid content. Cassandra is a prominent example of a column database.

Industry analyst and former IT executive Matt Kimball digs into the technical and operational details of Oracle's new Globally Distributed Autonomous Database.

Today, what we have are multiple instances of separate databases running in different data centers. For example, Xeround, a provider of a MySQL-compatible database service in the cloud, just announced ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PingCAP, the creator of the distributed SQL database TiDB, today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the adoption ...

Cockroach Labs, a pioneer in cloud-native distributed SQL databases, today announced that its flagship product CockroachDB will support IBM LinuxONE and IBM Z systems. This strategic expansion to ...

Oracle has unveiled its latest database offering it claims will enhance agentic AI deployments and help with data sovereignty demands. The Oracle Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale ...

It could be a relational database, it could be a distributed database, or it could be blockchain.” 3 Questions to Vet Your Blockchain Project How do you decide if blockchain fits your project?

Aurora DSQL overcomes two historical challenges of distributed databases—achieving multi-Region strong consistency with low latency, and syncing servers with microsecond accuracy around the globe.

Jeffrey S. Brown, John H. Holmes, Kiran Shah, Ken Hall, Ross Lazarus, Richard Platt, Distributed Health Data Networks: A Practical and Preferred Approach to Multi-Institutional Evaluations of ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run ...