DATABASES
CLOUD: How Google Spanner’s Easing Our Distributed SQL Database Woes. Google has had to put some significant engineering into Spanner, including a huge amount of resiliency improvements to their own network. Spanner uses atomic clocks and GPS to deliver something called TrueTime, Google’s single “point of truth” on time, which acts as the equivalent of the Sysplex Timer. Find out more
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BUSINESS ANALYTICS: Big Data and the Risks of Using NoSQL Databases. Using big data to extract value from your data is one thing. However, using NoSQL can increase your technical debt and put your enterprise at risk of data integrity and the lack of resilience. Find out more
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OPEN DATABASES: A Juicy Extortion Target. Recent attacks against insecure MongoDB, Hadoop and CouchDB installations represent a new phase in online extortion, born from ransomware’s roots with the promise of becoming a nemesis for years to come. Find out more
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GRAPH DATABASES: Five Mistakes to Avoid for Scalable Performance. The limitations of the relational database management system (RDBMS) model create an opportunity for disruptive approaches like graph data management tools, which are naturally adapted to support business processes related to connectivity. These tools provide an elegant framework for creating, storing, and analyzing data that represents different types of networks. As interest in exploiting graph analytics increases, organizations with business challenges consuming massive amounts of data may find that general-purpose graph analytics tools will not properly scale to meet the performance needs in analyzing gargantuan graphs. Here are five mistakes to avoid when choosing a graph data analytics solution. Find out more
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