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 ...

Databases were traditionally highly specialized data stores that were designed for specific tasks and until recently, they've been getting even more specialized. Recall data warehouses? Somebody once ...

Proper database backup is essential because of the importance of the data they contain, so understanding how the work is also a must. Databases, also referred to as structured data, are an essential ...

NoSQL database systems continue to gain traction, but they are still not widely understood. There is more than one type of NoSQL database and a large number of individual NoSQL DBMSs. There are more ...