Across most database types, in-use encryption is a sticking point when it comes to security and scalability. In-transit and at-rest data encryption are becoming table stakes for most large modern ...

A new generation of graph databases has taken hold, and a generation of query languages has arrived alongside them. The assorted graph database query languages include the likes of Gremlin, Cypher, ...

I'm new to the world of RDBMS administration please bare with me. Lately a user(s) have been running something on a MS SQL server that brings the box to it's knees. The MS SQL services take up all ...

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Databases are the backbone of countless applications and systems, yet managing them can often feel like navigating a maze of complexity. If you’ve ever found yourself wrestling with SQL queries, ...

As many developers have come to realize, “Just use Postgres” is generally a good strategy. If and when your needs grow, you might want to swap in a larger and more performant vector database. Until ...

Key-value, document-oriented, column family, graph, relational… Today we seem to have as many kinds of databases as there are kinds of data. While this may make choosing a database harder, it makes ...

Most organisations invest in perimeter security. The database – where the data actually lives – is the layer most often left ...

Originally, Excel was not designed to be a real database. Its early database functions were limited in quantity and in quality. And because every record in an Excel database is visible on the screen ...