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When databases became available for the personal computer in the mid-1980s, they quickly gained a mystique as the ultimate productivity applications. Despite their widespread use, in some ways they ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is a navigational database? Navigational databases use a distinctive guided ...

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 and ...

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The argument for everyone to have an AWR Warehouse as part of their IT Infrastructure seems like a simple one to me. We so often discuss its features, but rarely do we talk about why IT should take ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is an XML database? XML databases use XML to model and query data. XML is a ...

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 ...