It’s a common mistake: a company puts a poorly performing database on larger and larger servers, throwing more and more money away while making the same mistakes, but the database never gets any ...

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Wide column store databases allow you to manage data that just won’t fit on one computer. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big ...

Data warehousing and CRM applications can benefit from column stores. Examples of columnar databases include Cassandra, Cloudera, and HBase (which is based on Hadoop). The key/value database system is ...

XML databases can handle data of just about any size or format. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics.

The basics on the Whois databases: What it is: A group of searchable databases, accessible through sites such as BetterWhois.com, that list full names, organizations, postal and e-mail addresses ...