Tag: relational database
MariaDB Transitions to Private Ownership as K1 Closes Acquisition
MariaDB, an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS), has been acquired by private investment company K1 Investment Management. MariaDB's tenure as a public company was brief, having gone public in Decem Read more…
The Rise, Realities, and Potential, of Distributed SQL + Vector Databases in the AI Era
The database market is currently undergoing a significant transformation as it grapples with the demands posed by AI applications, pushing the boundaries of traditional computing architectures. With machine learning mode Read more…
Crunchy Data Goes All-In With Postgres
The emergence of Postgres as a defacto standard for new development projects has surprised many IT observers. But one group that’s not surprised are the folks at Crunchy Data, a South Carolina company that’s been bui Read more…
Don’t Believe the Big Database Hype, Stonebraker Warns
How we store and serve data are critical factors in what we can do with data, and today we want to do oh-so much. That big data necessity is the mother of all invention, and over the past 20 years, it has spurred an imme Read more…
Neon Looks to Light Up Cloud Postgres Market
When it comes to relational databases, Postgres reigns supreme, especially in the cloud. However, running the open source database in the modern cloud manner leaves something to be desired. That’s the functionality gap Read more…
Multi-Database Shops Now the Norm, Redgate Says
The number of organizations adopting multiple databases went up by 17 percentage points over the past three years, increasing the complexity of data management and testing organizations’ capability to acquire the requi Read more…
EnterpriseDB Bullish on Postgres’ 2024 Potential
As the commercial entity most responsible for the development of Postgres, EnterpriseDB had a lot to be proud of in 2023. Adoption of the open source database continued to grow, which resulted in it being named the datab Read more…
The Future of Databases Is Now
Databases--those workhorses of data management--have come a long way over the past 10 years. Users no longer must accept the tradeoffs that were commonplace in 2013, and the array of features and capabilities in relation Read more…
EdgeDB Seeks to Bring Relational Databases Out of the 1970s
Disco. Bell-bottom pants. Platform shoes. Relational database management systems. Some of us have soft spots for the 1970s. But if you’re EdgeDB CEO Yury Selivanov, you would prefer to put relational databases behind u Read more…
Three Ways Next Generation Graph Technologies Are Transforming the Banking Industry
For today’s modern bank, the ability to access and analyze data in real time is almost as important as its access to capital. However, the banking industry is facing a big “big data” problem: an enormous amount of Read more…
SingleStore is the Newest Data Unicorn with $116M Funding Round
SingleStore, provider of a popular relational database, has announced a $116 million extended Series F round led by Goldman Sachs. The company reported a nearly $1.3 billion valuation, launching it into unicorn status. Read more…
MongoDB Launches Pay-As-You-Go Option on GCP
Companies that are hesitant to enter into long-term relationships with their database vendor may be interested in the new pay-as-you-go option MongoDB announced today on the Google Cloud Platform. The new MongoDB Atla Read more…
PlanetScale Unveils Distributed MySQL Database Service Based on Vitess
PlanetScale today took the wraps off its new database as a service based on Vitess, the horizontally distributed branch of MySQL that was developed at YouTube. Folks who have struggled with eventual consistency and schem Read more…
Who’s Winning the Cloud Database War
Three-quarters of all databases will be deployed or migrated to the cloud within two years, Gartner said today in its much-anticipated report on cloud database management systems. The big cloud companies are winning thei Read more…
Can Yugabyte Modernize the Database Layer? Bill Cook Thinks So
It’s a conundrum that many database startups have yet to solve: Why does Oracle continue to dominate the space if its relational database is so out of step with the times? The software vendor that cracks the code will Read more…
Cockroach Snags $87 million to Grow Cloud Database Biz
Cockroach Labs founder and CEO Spencer Kimball has a gaudy goal: to have CockroachDB power the next generation of Ubers and Googles. With today’s $86.6 million Series D funding round complete, he’s one step closer to Read more…
Cockroach Labs Ready for Primetime with Scale-Out Database
Until recently, companies that need a distributed, ACID-compliant relational database to power global transactions didn't have a lot of options. There was Google Spanner and not much else. But now a group distributed sys Read more…
4 Apache Cassandra Pitfalls You Must Avoid
The distributed nature of Apache Cassandra – boasting an architecture that avoids any single point of failure – enables the open source database to deliver the high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful r Read more…
What Gartner Sees In Analytic Hubs
In the old days, companies would build their business intelligence strategies from the ground up, typically starting with a traditional data warehouse. But as the volume, trajectory, and types of data have exploded, comp Read more…
MemSQL Giving Away Database for Four-Node Clusters
Everybody likes free stuff. Today MemSQL announced that it's getting into the free software market by giving away copies of its distributed relational database management system for clusters up to four nodes and 128GB of Read more…
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