The market is abuzz with terms like NoSQL, Big Data, NewSQL, Database Appliance, etc. Often, IT decision makers can get very confused with all the noise. They do not understand why they should ...

Demand for relational database management systems (RDBMSs) is still strong, despite earlier predictions that the maturing market would plateau. Worldwide revenues from RDBMS software grew 12.1% in ...

Couchbase Inc. today announced an upgrade of its flagship NoSQL database system designed to help enterprises with extensive SQL experience and talent move to the NoSQL world. And why do that?

After you have located the entire RDBMS server population, the next step is tracking down the consumers of the data on these servers. Keep in mind the large variety of sources that could be accessing ...

Postgres (PostgreSQL) is gaining in popularity. I see it from the customers I interact with, who last year voted Postgres as the number-one new database they wanted support for on SolarWinds’ THWACK ...

Enterprise (ASE) 12.5 on Mac OS X Server version 10.2 “Jaguar” Server. Sybase also announces a free Developer’s Edition of ASE 12.5 available on Mac OS X.

MetaMatrix was one of a few “database virtualization” products that aimed to make all of your RDBMSes look like one giant unified schema. This is the sort of idea that makes perfect sense to people ...

In years to come, we might remember October 2011 as the month the big database vendors gave in to the dark side and embraced Hadoop. In October, both Microsoft and Oracle announced product offerings ...

Sybase Inc.’s Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 12.5 for Mac OS X Server 10.2 will be available later this month. The new version will join the free Developer’s Edition of ASE 12.5 already available ...