A 'picker' gathers items at Amazon's Fulfilment Centre in Peterborough, central England, on November 28, 2013. 'Cyber Monday' which falls this year on Monday December 2, 2013, is expected to be the ...

It is funny how exotic computer technology eventually either fails or becomes commonplace. At one time, having more than one user on a computer at once was high tech, for example. Then there are ...

Sometimes, you need to store more complex data in your app than just simple key/value pairs saved with a text file or Shared Preferences. Databases are ideal for storing complex data structures and ...

After writing a column searching for Linux alternatives to Microsoft’s low-end database, Access, I received some great replies. Many readers pointed out the limitations of Microsoft Access, and while ...

Learn why, when, and how to use conflict-free replicated data types to bring strong eventual consistency to your geo-distributed applications Roshan Kumar is a senior product manager at Redis Labs.

MongoDB is still the most popular NoSQL document database for developers, but compatible alternatives such as DocumentDB offer more choices than ever. At Open Source Summit Europe in August, the Linux ...

First Wall Street, then the database world. While most people are still trying to wrap their heads around blockchain and its difference from Bitcoin, others are using it in a wide range of domains. Is ...

In this Automation World Deep Dive video, we interview database experts to deliver detailed, how-to insights on leveraging production data for greater production efficiencies and bottom line benefit.

The design of a database determines what method is best suited for backing it up, and those methods vary quite a bit. In order to back up a database, you need to know how it’s delivered, but you also ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...