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 ...

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SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fauna, the distributed document-relational database delivered as a cloud API, today announced the general availability of their new TypeScript-inspired database ...

How the TiDB distributed SQL database addresses the key needs of multitenant architectures while also providing advanced features for resource management and data placement. In a previous article, we ...

The modern sense of NoSQL, which dates from 2009, refers to databases that are not built on relational tables, unlike SQL databases. Often, NoSQL databases boast better design flexibility, horizontal ...

Whether building from scratch or rearchitecting an existing app, modern distributed applications need a distributed database. Download a free copy of O’Reilly’s CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide, to ...

Distributed SQL is an evolution of the database for cloud native, distributed transactions. It can implement a standard SQL interface, ease operational complexity of scale, is geo-replicated, always ...

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Data is at the center of modern applications, placing new demands on database technology. But building distributed databases to complement distributed applications has proven difficult. SiliconANGLE ...

As you will see in this chapter, companies use SQL Server for many types of applications and on most tiers now. Gone are the days when you would second guess yourself choosing to use SQL Server over a ...