The days of one-size-fits-all, monolithic databases are behind us. As Werner Vogels, CTO and vice president of Amazon.com, said, “Seldom can one database fit the needs of multiple distinct use cases.” ...

Those were among the conclusions offered by Gartner analysts specializing in enterprise-resource-planning applications and database management. "They have their hands on the tiller, they understand ...

The concept of database sharding has gained popularity over the past several years due to the enormous growth in transaction volume and size of business-application databases. This is particularly ...

One of the great things about the IT industry is that there’s no shortage of innovative companies coming up with a wide range of products to address niche problems. Today’s article covers a compendium ...

As organizations strive to deliver always-on access to applications users, it can be challenging to provide authorized access while simultaneously protecting against cyber-attacks. To address these ...

The lifeblood of Merrill Lynch is the information that the investment bank has collected about its clients, trades, investment products and stock prices. Trouble is, that information is scattered ...

As the repositories of some of the most sensitive and regulated data in the enterprise, databases stand as perennial targets in hacker crosshairs. But they also draw a lot of unwanted attention from ...

That society's membership is managed in one (was two) Access database after a herculean effort by her to normalize all the data. 3 or 4 geographically seperate people need access to that database.