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• March 31, 2020 31 Mar'20

  DataStax making Cassandra easier with Kubernetes Operators

  New Kubernetes tool for the Apache Cassandra database is DataStax's attempt to create a broadly adopted approach for cloud native deployment.

• March 16, 2020 16 Mar'20

  Rockset brings Query Lambdas to real-time database

  Real-time cloud database looks to help better enable developers to build applications with Query Lambdas capabilities that execute queries and lookups from REST endpoint triggers.

• March 06, 2020 06 Mar'20

  Splice Machine 3.0 integrates machine learning capabilities, database

  Monte Zweben, co-founder and CEO of Splice Machine, provides insight into what his distributed SQL database company is doing and where it's headed with its new 3.0 update.

• March 06, 2020 06 Mar'20

  DataStax takes aim at open source Cassandra challenges

  DataStax has acquired open source Cassandra services firm The Last Pickle, adding in key tools that could help overcome enterprise database adoption challenges.

• February 21, 2020 21 Feb'20

  EnterpriseDB looks to grow market for PostgreSQL

  Enterprises are increasingly using the open source PostgreSQL database. Read in this Q&A where the growth is coming from and how some of it is from users in the cloud.

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Couchbase Cloud takes a new approach to database delivery

  Open source NoSQL database vendor Couchbase enters the cloud database market with a database as a service that lets users choose which public cloud vendor they want to use.

• February 04, 2020 04 Feb'20

  Neo4j 4.0 major update boosts graph database security, scalability

  Major milestone release of open source graph database platform enhances security with controls to limit the risk of data traversal and add multi-database support.

• February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20

  Pepperdata Query Spotlight provides insight into data queries

  New Query Spotlight tool looks to provide visibility across a data analysis cluster into how a query performs over time and why it might have degraded performance.

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  Where InfluxDB time series database is going

  Users need more than SQL for querying databases, according to Paul Dix, co-founder and CTO of InfluxData. That's why the vendor created the Flux data scripting and query language.

• January 16, 2020 16 Jan'20

  MariaDB X4 brings smart transactions to open source database

  Open source database vendor MariaDB updates its flagship platform with new features to enable the convergence of transactional and analytical databases.

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  New Oracle Enterprise Manager release advances hybrid cloud

  Oracle updates its Enterprise Manager platform to version 13.4, bringing new hybrid management capabilities to database users across on-premises and cloud deployments.

• January 10, 2020 10 Jan'20

  ArangoDB 3.6 accelerates performance of multi-model database

  New release of multi-model database platform from ArangoDB introduces OneShard feature, along with other query optimization capabilities to help improve overall performance.

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  NuoDB set to improve distributed SQL performance

  Ariff Kassam, CTO of distributed SQL database vendor NuoDB, outlines how his company has embraced cloud native and hints about what's to come in the year ahead.

• December 20, 2019 20 Dec'19

  SolarWinds advances cloud native database monitoring

  SolarWinds grows its product portfolio with the acquisition of cloud native database monitoring vendor VividCortex, in a bid to help organizations deal with the challenges of cloud.

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Q&A: The challenges of cloud-native data management

  Cloud native data management isn't usually the first thing on anyone's mind, acknowledges Portworx co-founder and CTO Goutham Rao -- but find out how it's become part of organizations' journey.

• December 13, 2019 13 Dec'19

  Amazon Managed Apache Cassandra Service stokes competition

  Vendors in the open source Cassandra NoSQL database market voice their concerns about AWS' entry into the field, as the cloud giant looks to expand its database portfolio.

• December 11, 2019 11 Dec'19

  Aerospike 4.8 advances database persistent memory support

  Aerospike 4.8 adds full support for Intel's Optane persistent memory, enabling the NoSQL database to run both the index and data in memory for better overall performance.

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  Amazon cloud database and data analytics expand

  AWS expands its Redshift data warehouse capabilities including managed storage and query acceleration at the re:Invent 2019 conference, alongside a new managed Cassandra database service.

• December 02, 2019 02 Dec'19

  Vendors move away from open source database software licensing

  While open source is a key to success for many database vendors, it can also potentially lead to a competitive threat from a cloud scale provider.

• November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19

  Oracle looks to grow multi-model database features

  Decade after decade, Oracle continues to be relevant in the database market as it pivots to include an expanding list of capabilities to serve users, notably cloud.

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  Confluent introduces ksqlDB event streaming database

  Getting streaming data optimized to work inside of a database often involves disparate vendors and technologies, a challenge that Confluent aims to help fix.

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  CockroachDB 19.2 improves distributed database performance

  New release of CockroachDB cloud-native distributed database platform helps to reduce latency; it also gets enhanced data backup capabilities.

• November 18, 2019 18 Nov'19

  Redis Labs eases database management with RedisInsight

  Based on the open source RDBTools project, Redis Labs' new tool gives database administrators a stable graphical user interface for database management.

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  With Vitess 4.0, database vendor matures cloud-native platform

  Scaling a MySQL database in the cloud is not easy, but the open source Vitess project manages the project at scale for cloud-native Kubernetes deployments.

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  ScyllaDB set to improve NoSQL database performance

  ScyllaDB has been helpful for big organizations such as Comcast, which was able to trim from nearly 1,000 database nodes to 78 ScyllaDB nodes and now has more room to grow.

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Translytical data platforms provide options to unify databases

  Forrester identifies top vendors in the translytical database category and common elements that help make the unified database model well adapted for multiple use cases.

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Data silos and culture lead to data transformation challenges

  Data continues to grow at a rapid rate, and users are faced with increasing complexity and challenges to make sense of it all in a way that helps improve business outcomes.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Grafana Labs observability platform set to grow

  Raj Dutt, co-founder and CEO of Grafana Labs, provides insight into what his company is doing and where it's headed, now that it has raised new money and is seeing new use cases for its data observability technology.

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Open source database use is a growing trend

  Study shows that more users are using open source software for data management, with most organizations using more than one technology to help meet different needs.

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Apache Rya matures open source triple store database

  Open source triple store database technology used by the U.S. Navy moves forward as a stable, mature project at the Apache Software Foundation.

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  PostgreSQL 12 boosts open source database performance

  Widely used open source PostgreSQL database platform gets a major update providing users with new SQL query capabilities for JSON and improved performance.

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  MemSQL 7.0 set to advance both row and column data stores

  As MemSQL pushes into the cloud with its Helios service, the vendor is also pushing the boundaries of traditional row and column data stores with its SingleStore technology approach.

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Couchbase Server 6.5 improves NoSQL database queries

  Now available in beta, the Couchbase Server 6.5 update brings distributed ACID transactions and query optimizations to the open source NoSQL database platform.

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Cloud database services multiply to ease admin work by users

  The list of vendors offering managed cloud database services is growing rapidly, which gives IT teams more opportunities to offload management of database systems.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 expands open source time series database

  While the core open source InfluxDB 2.0 project is still in alpha, InfluxData has advanced its cloud service to support new features as it grows its time series database service.

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  New cloud and on-premises options for Oracle Autonomous Database

  Oracle introduced new cloud and on-premises deployment options for its namesake database and automated cloud service as Oracle OpenWorld 2019 got underway.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Amazon Quantum Ledger Database brings immutable transactions

  Based on technology built internally at Amazon, the tech giant's newest database provides a centralized approach for enabling a cryptographically secure ledger system.

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  ArangoDB 3.5 update improves multi-model database platform

  ArangoDB 3.5 accelerates its database platform with improved query performance and enhanced data security capabilities, as market demand for multi-model platforms builds.

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  AWS Lake Formation goes GA, as cloud data lake market grows

  First released in late 2018, AWS Lake Formation is now generally available and it could be the force that helps to accelerate adoption in the cloud data lake market.

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Apollo data graph brings managed federation to enterprises

  The new Apollo update is intended to enable organizations to federate multiple enterprise data sets more easily and use APIs to tap into disparate data sources.

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  HPE buys MapR assets to fuel AI applications

  Longtime independent big data vendor MapR goes out of business, selling technology and intellectual property to HPE. The move marks the continuing decline of the Hadoop market.

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Startup Dgraph Labs growing graph database technology

  Dgraph Labs looks expand its graph database platform, which offers the promise of reducing isolated data sources and speeding up queries.

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  Snowflake product VP expounds on data warehouse for the cloud

  In this Q&A, Christian Kleinerman, vice president of product development at cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake, talks about the fast-moving company's plans for the next year.

• June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19

  PostgreSQL database specialist EnterpriseDB gets new backing

  EnterpriseDB is looking to push its database further with help from new financial backers. The deal sees Postgres originator Michael Stonebraker coming onboard as technical adviser.

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  ProvenDB brings blockchain applications to world of MongoDB

  Blockchain is intriguing technology, but carries with it high system overhead. ProvenDB adds blockchain to MongoDB in an effort to gain acceptable performance.

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  MongoDB buys Realm database to boost mobile chops

  MongoDB is buying Realm, the maker of an open source database for cross-platform mobile applications, to boost its Atlas cloud platform and Stitch backend as a service.

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  New Teradata CEO pursues cloud-based architecture

  Cloud architecture, analytics and AI data processing are top innovation priorities for new Teradata CEO Oliver Ratzesberger. He talks about his goals in this Q&A.

• December 28, 2018 28 Dec'18

  Data management trends for 2019: Governance, DataOps, cloud

  Better data governance, increased cloud use and wider DataOps adoption head the list of trends for data management teams to plan for in 2019, IT analysts say.

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  Amazon Timestream, QLDB aim to grab more DBMS users for AWS

  Built-for-purpose databases target general ones, especially in the cloud. At re:Invent 2018, AWS added time-series and transaction ledger databases to expand its line.

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Microsoft Azure SQL Database and Oracle 19c start to rev

  A new Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance service seeks to span the gap between cloud and on-premises systems. Meanwhile, Oracle also has cloud plans of the data kind.

• October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18

  MarkLogic Data Hub Service aims to ease cloud use of NoSQL DBMS

  MarkLogic rolled out a cloud-service version of its NoSQL database management system, a move designed to make the technology more cost-effective for cloud users.

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  MongoDB 4.0, Stitch aim to grow NoSQL apps in cloud, on-prem

  NoSQL vendor MongoDB upgraded its database software with ACID support, while also releasing a serverless platform intended to simplify application development.

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  Streaming tool from StreamSets eyes data in motion for GDPR

  StreamSets software for inspecting big data brings governance to data in motion. Such capabilities may find more use as the European Union's GDPR deadline looms.

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  MongoDB 4.0 takes ACID transactions to multi-document level

  MongoDB is taking a deeper step into SQL-style processing waters with a 4.0 update that brings increased support for ACID-compliant transactions to its NoSQL database.

• December 01, 2017 01 Dec'17

  AWS graph database Amazon Neptune sets sail at re:Invent 2017

  After Cyber Monday, Amazon Web Services techies headed for re:Invent 2017. There, among a deluge of cloud product announcements by AWS, the Amazon Neptune graph database surfaced.

• October 30, 2017 30 Oct'17

  Connectedness is king, as Neo4j graph database ports to Spark

  The Neo4j graph database emphasizes easy relationship mapping for diverse data points. Now, its related Cypher query language is hooking into Apache Spark.

• September 26, 2017 26 Sep'17

  Bank sees ETL processes evolve from IT to front-line users

  ETL jobs -- once the sole province of IT -- take on a new form as data wrangling and self-service gain greater traction with business users of analytics.

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  MongoDB 'Charts' a way to dashboard visualization from its database

  MongoDB targets better dashboard visualization with MongoDB Charts, which adds another means for business users trying to look into their NoSQL data pools.

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  Agile database development spurs changes in data tech, DBA roles

  The quest for the agile database is putting developers in the forefront and has some DBA tasks moving to the development groups, according to panelists at a conference in Boston.

• June 23, 2017 23 Jun'17

  MongoDB Atlas footprint grows bigger with Azure, Google cloud support

  MongoDB has expanded cloud coverage for its Atlas hosted database service, with Azure and Google versions joining an initial AWS-based offering to give users a choice on cloud platforms.

• September 29, 2016 29 Sep'16

  MemSQL 5.5 adds native data ingestion for Kafka, eases pipelining

  Among a handful of new SQL-oriented, in-memory databases is MemSQL. Recent product updates are meant to improve data pipeline creation and performance in high-speed ingestion applications.

• August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

  HPE adapts Vertica analytical database to world with Hadoop, Spark

  Vertica 8.0 expands the analytical database's support for Kafka, Spark and Hadoop. That's an important step, as the Hewlett Packard Enterprise technology tries to compete in a field of diverse data tools.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Snowflake cloud data warehouse targets gaps big clouds overlook

  Cloud data warehouse offerings from smaller vendors seek to address functionality gaps that bigger players may miss. Newcomer Snowflake Computing targets concurrent queries, for example.

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  Cloud-managed database services change data administration

  Managed data services are growing in use, as types of data stores proliferate and the cloud becomes the home for more data. DevOps is a driver behind the changes, which bring new duties and needed skills for DBAs.

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Flexible MongoDB connects to Spark analytics, adds DBaaS

  Speed to production underlies interest in MongoDB. At its annual confab, the company behind the NoSQL database rolled out improvements, including a Spark analytics link.

• June 24, 2016 24 Jun'16

  DataStax gets graph DB and Titan gets rewrite

  DataStax Enterprise 5.0 couples a Cassandra column-family data store with a rewritten version of the open source Titan graph database. The goal is fast analytics closely tied to fast transactions.

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  Oracle NoSQL: An oxymoron waiting to happen?

  New cloud apps seem ready-made for NoSQL. This may cause Oracle to put more focus on its Oracle NoSQL database, which is often overlooked amid a crush of NoSQL contenders.

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Social media startup uses NoSQL Redis Cloud to 'scale to infinity'

  Because of growing data demands, and the need to nimbly scale up and down, a startup social networking platform chose a Redis Labs NoSQL database management system running on AWS.

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  Apache Spark architecture speeds data jobs, ousts MapReduce

  Its collection of big-data processing features is priming the Apache Spark architecture for wider deployment. One key trait: Spark performance outpaces MapReduce in many Hadoop use cases.

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Spark Streaming update to address growing torrent of big data

  Amid the buzz at Spark Summit East 2016 in New York was word that the Spark data processing engine's stream processing architecture will be overhauled in the upcoming version 2.0 of the open source software.

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Geospatial data is on the map for Hadoop, Spark

  Software architect Mansour Raad is at the center of activity as geospatial data melds with Hadoop -- and soon, Spark.

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  MapR adds 'Streams' messaging to its Hadoop data pipeline

  MapR's Hadoop distribution will add a message system to feed a streaming data pipeline. It takes a cue from open-source Kafka technology.

• December 21, 2015 21 Dec'15

  Spark: It's the word of the year in 2015 for data analytics

  This episode of the 'Talking Data' podcast looks at the word of the year in data analytics and management. In 2015, Spark joined Hadoop and MapReduce at the top of the list of trending big data technologies.

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  MongoDB 3.0 rides WiredTiger engine to boost database speeds

  The latest version of MongoDB finds the NoSQL database running on a new WiredTiger storage engine. Better performance and data compression are among MongoDB 3.0's touted benefits.

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  DataStax Cassandra moves ahead with Azure deal and graph store

  The DataStax Cassandra engine, officially called DataStax Enterprise, is now Spark-certified. The move is one of several for the NoSQL database on a possible upswing, further evidenced by a new deal with Microsoft.

• August 31, 2015 31 Aug'15

  IBM pushes MPP engine to boost cloud database services line

  IBM has added massively parallel processing and R language support to its dashDB software -- important steps for a data warehouse database tailored for distributed cloud computing.

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  Book author says big data NoSQL databases need proper application

  Consultant Dan Sullivan, author of "NoSQL for Mere Mortals," discusses some of the pertinent points for IT shops to consider before entering the new world of NoSQL databases.

• May 28, 2015 28 May'15

  Neo4j software update focuses on NoSQL database engine room

  The latest release of Neo Technology's Neo4j graph database boosts the NoSQL software's performance and scalability through faster processing of both data reads and writes.

• April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15

  New thinking needed in IT to make NoSQL data modeling process work

  As NoSQL databases become more prevalent in enterprise processing, designing data models for the flexible-schema systems is a looming challenge for data architects and developers.

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Couchbase, VoltDB pursue more database scalability in big data apps

  New database updates address large-scale applications. Included are Couchbase Server 4.0 with multidimensional scaling support and VoltDB 5.0 with links to Hadoop data streaming tools.

• November 26, 2014 26 Nov'14

  Splice Machine goes GA, joins SQL-on-Hadoop database fray

  Startup vendor Splice Machine has put SQL capabilities on top of Hadoop to create a hybrid database that it said can run both transaction processing and analytics applications.

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  New tools target SQL on Hadoop, hybrid data processing, cloud apps

  Data management product announcements by HP, SAP and NuoDB show greater support for SQL on Hadoop analytics, enhanced cloud deployment and mixed processing workloads.

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  In-memory technology gets the relational treatment

  Leading RDBMS makers are bringing in-memory traits to their flagship offerings. Faster analytics and operations are in the offing.

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Big data privacy discussed at MIT workshop

  Big data privacy was on tap in this Talking Data podcast. A recent MIT workshop, held at the behest of President Obama, looked at encryption and more.

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Mix of data management platforms tapped to support big data projects

  Consultant John Myers discusses key trends in managing big data environments, including adoption rates for Hadoop clusters and NoSQL databases.

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  Apache Spark steps up, offers Hadoop 2 a new take on processing

  Apache Spark is moving up a notch in the Apache stable; Embarcadero gets set to buy ERwin; and JSR-107 crosses finish line.

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  McKnight: In-memory technology finds lane in database mainstream

  In a Q&A, consultant William McKnight discusses the potential benefits of in-memory processing and its recent inroads with top relational databases.

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Market data firm eXelate opts for Aerospike in-memory store

  A digital marketer finds an Aerospike in-memory store can drive near-real-time marketing decisions; and a look at cloud data and new big data measures.

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Cloudera Impala bests 'DBMS-Y' analytical engine in benchmark bake-off, more

  Cloudera Impala brings fast SQL analytics to the Hadoop platform. Also discussed: Watson cognitive computing and NuoDB 2.0.2.

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Marketing company applies SQL to MongoDB to uncover social media trends

  Marketing analytics firm SumAll adopted SQL-enabled Data Warehouse as a Service tools to analyze social media data stored in a MongoDB NoSQL database.

• December 23, 2013 23 Dec'13

  Data design tools: Not just for the front-end anymore

  Data design tools like ERwin pave a new path to data management, helping varied stakeholders collaborate and prepping the way for new data types.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Gartner Magic Quadrant: Operational DBMS 'mega-vendors' prepare for war

  The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Operational DBMS highlights notable vendors and predicts growth in the market that will lead to fierce competition.

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  In relational database design, don't shortchange requirements stage

  Requirements gathering shouldn't get short shrift in the database rush, says Michael J. Hernandez, author of 'Database Design for Mere Mortals.'

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  Google's big data infrastructure: Don't try this at home?

  Google's Jeromy Carriere spoke about the search engine giant's big data infrastructure at a recent TDWI meeting. Should it influence other efforts?

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Facebook search app boosts graph database architecture to the fore

  Facebook's Graph Search application is putting a new spotlight on graph database designs aimed at capturing and organizing data relationships.

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Events report: Information Builders Summit 2013, graph databases and more

  SearchDataManagement editors discuss the Information Builders user conference and two other events; topics include graph databases and 'data artists.'

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Analytical database tech at core of Actian-ParAccel deal, Pivotal plan

  The EMC-VMware launch of Pivotal and Actian's ParAccel buy share a theme: Both feature analytical databases and play to the big data trend.

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  Richer data management technology palette adds more color to IT mix

  All the big data buzz belies a potent trend that sees lower-cost hardware and massive Web applications driving more diversity in database engines.

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Wikibon analyst scopes big data market, predicts explosive growth

  Big data technologies challenge the status quo. In this Q&A, analyst Jeff Kelly sorts through the issues and sees big-time growth in new methods.

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  Motorcycle icon Yamaha updates dealer site with fast database drivers

  Database drivers are sometimes an afterthought. But JDBC drivers came to the fore when Yamaha Motor Europe rebuilt its e-commerce website for dealers.