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When is NoSQL the Right Choice?

Relational database technology continues to do much of the heavy lifting in enterprise environments. But, as an avalanche of unstructured data from an increasingly wide array of sources rushes in, organizations are also turning to Not only SQL (NoSQL) database systems to uncover valuable insight buried in their dark data. How do you know when it's time to put NoSQL to work and avoid making the wrong choice? Read More

Meeting Hyperscale Compute Needs with Non-Volatile Memory

The hyperscale market is just beginning to drive major transformations in compute infrastructure. Companies deploying hyperscale architectures serve the widest customer segments, build the largest data centers, and break new ground with real-time, data-centric services. To do so, they require hundreds of petabytes of server-side non-volatile memory to effectively provide the services that better the lives of their global customers. Read More

MicroStrategy Unveils PRIME, a Cloud-Based In-Memory Analytics Service

With demand growing for easy-to-use analytical applications that can make big data actionable for more users, MicroStrategy has launched MicroStrategy PRIME, a cloud-based, in-memory analytics service. The company says it has been built from the ground up to support the engineering challenges that are associated with development of powerful new information-driven apps. Read More

Data Summit 2014 Call for Speakers Now Open

DBTA is seeking speakers who possess unique insight into leading technologies, and experience with successful IT and business strategies for the Data Summit conference in New York City, May 12-14, 2014. Read More

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Todd Schraml

Database Elaborations

Todd Schraml

  • Database Change Management and the Need for Full Disclosure Changes and enhancement to solutions are hard, even under the best of circumstances. It is not usual that, as operational changes roll out into production, the business intelligence area is left uninformed, suggesting that data warehouses and business intelligence be categorized according to the view of the old comedian Rodney Dangerfield because they both "get no respect."
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Craig S. Mullins

DBA Corner

Craig S. Mullins

  • A Data-Tinged Look Back at 2013 2013 saw its fair share of important data-related acquisitions. Key players like Oracle, IBM and SAP were all busy with data-related acquisitions. Last year also saw the announcement and release of a lot of great new DBMS technology, too. Let's look back over the most significant data and database-related events of the previous year.
Recent articles by Craig S. Mullins
Kevin Kline

SQL Server Drill Down

Kevin Kline

  • Upcoming Business Intelligence Enhancements in SQL Server 2014 Microsoft has been pouring R&D resources into building out its business intelligence (BI) feature set since at least the SQL Server 2000 release. The upcoming SQL Server 2014 (SQL2014) release will continue that trend. Here's what SQL2014 will do for you with regard to business intelligence.
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Guy Harrison

Applications Insight

Guy Harrison

  • Brain-Computer Interfaces Could be Closer Than You Think New devices promise to open up ways for us to improve our mental functioning and perhaps to further revolutionize social networking and big data. A world in which Facebook "likes" are generated automatically might not be far off, and mining the big data generated from our own brains has some amazing - though sometimes creepy - implications.
Recent articles by Guy Harrison

Trends and Applications