Almost all database workloads are now (or eventually will be) virtualized. High availability (HA) clusters using virtual servers provide the application protection needed to satisfy even the most ...

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...

Microsoft's Azure SQL Database is getting an expanded range of performance tiers, upping the Standard tier maximum DTUs to 3000. Storage add-ons are also available for the different tiers. Back in mid ...

Database as a service (DBaaS) is a cloud computing managed service offering that provides access to a database without requiring the setup of physical hardware, the ...

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It’s possible you’ve never heard of Red Gate Software, based in Cambridge, England, but it has just released a backup software package specifically for SQL Server that you may want to know about — ...

Since the rise of the Web, SQL-based relational databases have been the dominant structured storage technology behind online applications. The past few years have seen the emergence of the cloud as a ...

Most of today’s mid-career engineers remember when the idea of including a database management system (DBMS) within electronics’ embedded software was considered laughable. DBMSs’ hardware demands ...

More than 400 million terabytes of digital data are generated every day, according to market researcher Statista, including data created, captured, copied and consumed worldwide. By 2028 the total ...