On the face of it, the notion of native XML data storage is similar to the notion of object database storage promoted in the 1980s and 1990s. At that time, some fervent object advocates said object ...

The design and implementation trade-offs within a native XML database make a significant impact on the performance, scalability and features available to applications that use it. This article focuses ...

In-Depth Look at storage issues before you leap into XML By Kevin Dick October 31, 2002 The following article is adapted from Chapter 5 of XML: A Manager's Guide, Second Edition by Kevin Dick. Used ...

IBM last week released the initial open beta of a planned update to its flagship DB2 database that will offer users the ability to natively store unstructured XML data separately from conventional ...

The emergence of object storage as a viable means of data retention upsets the existing methods – closely connected – of file and block storage, also known as NAS and SAN. This article will recap the ...

Unstructured data is proliferating massively. It is growing in volume by more than 50% a year, and according to IDC, it will form 80% of all data by 2025 and does so already for some organisations.