TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help with the ...

Understanding your customer base and planning early are essential steps when designing a scalable, multi-tenant database ...

When it comes to mission-critical systems and databases, we all know that we need to plan for disaster. It's not the most exciting work; there's often little reward even when it's well done, and the ...

Before looking at the details of the Oracle database server architecture, let’s look at why so many companies chose this method for their needs. Oracle is the market leader in relational databases ...

Application sharing between a client, middleware and enterprise server Application sharing between a client, application server and enterprise database server.

With data volumes spiraling out of control, companies are searching for less expensive and more efficient storage technologies. The most common approaches for storing data have been with disk and ...

Oracle Corporation continues its cycle of redefining OLTP database performance with its purpose-built Exadata platforms. Last week the company continued the tradition, introducing its twelfth Exadata ...

For a long time, vector databases were a bit of a niche product, but because they are uniquely suited to provide context and long-term memory to large language models, everybody in the database space ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the anthropological intersections of tech, politics & culture. This week it was announced that software architects have ...