A decade ago, most businesses and organizations typically used one database, and that was generally one of the big four relational database platforms: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server or PostgreSQL. In 2024, ...

This week is MongoDB World 2022, and for those of us who were around for MongoDB 2014 (like me), it’s fair to say that much has changed over the past eight years for the company and industry. While ...

It is funny how exotic computer technology eventually either fails or becomes commonplace. At one time, having more than one user on a computer at once was high tech, for example. Then there are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. When Snowflake announced its $250 million acquisition of Crunchy Data two weeks ago at its ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Technology in the database realm can have a long life ...

I'm applying for a job where one of the criteria is "Use of IT software, including databases". Now, that's a bit vague, and it could mean a lot of different things, but it got me thinking:<BR><BR>I ...

The recent announcement of Amazon.com’s Redshift — and other cloud-delivered databases, for that matter — makes it clear we’re moving to a future where some or even most of our data will exist in ...