A database that maintains a set of separate, related files (tables), but combines data elements from the files for queries and reports when required. The concept was developed in 1970 by Edgar Codd, ...

Are vendor claims that big data, IoT and NoSQL killed RDBMS credible? Nothing is that simple in the enterprise data center. I recently received a promotional message from a PR representative of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I decode analytics for business people. The evolving landscape of NoSQL databases and NoSQL database management systems (NoSQL ...

Have you noticed that relational "technology" seems to be taking a beating these days? With new “data models” and types of database systems purported to be better than relational, it seems that the ...

NoSQL entered the scene nearly six years ago as an alternative to traditional relational databases. The offerings from the major relational vendors couldn’t cut it in terms of the cost, scalability, ...

The Internet of Things is creating serious new security risks. We examine the possibilities and the dangers. Read now Fifty years ago, relational databases were neither ubiquitous nor standardized.

Today, during TechEd, the company’s annual event for developers and information technology professionals, SAP announced a ...

Students must have completed COMP_SCI 214 & (COMP_SCI 213 or COMP_ENG 205), or be CS Grad students (MS or PhD) in order to register for this course. Data models and database design. Modeling the real ...

Graph-relational database developer EdgeDB Inc. is gearing up for prime time after closing on a $15 million early-stage round of funding ahead of its official launch early next year. Today’s Series A ...