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Jargon buster guide to database management
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eGuide
Database management roles have long been a rich career seam for IT professionals. However, there has been, in recent years, a “Cambrian explosion” in the previously steady but sleepy world of databases.
The relational database model, breaking the traditional dependency between data storage and applications, held sway in enterprise IT for decades, from the time of its serious commercialisation by Oracle in the mid-7os. Also hegemonic has been the language implementation of the relational model, SQL – Structured Query Language; which is of the same mid-70s vintage.
But, in recent years, with the rise of the big data technologies of the Hadoop stack and the NoSQL databases, the data store and database scene has become more complex.
And when it comes to the Oracle database, its creator announced it to be “autonomous” at Oracle Open World in San Francisco October 2017. What does this mean for database administrators (DBAs)? Does it mean the opening up of new roles of higher intellectual interest and value? Or does it mean redundancy and early retirement?
As always with IT, the technology is only one-third of the story – the others being process and, crucially, people. What are the operational and organisational design problems to be solved in this more heterogenous database management landscape?
This Jargon Buster e-guide to contemporary database management is an aid to stepping back and thinking afresh about an area of enterprise IT that has many decades of heritage. Or, as many sometimes (arguably rudely) put it, legacy.
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Infographic: Advantages and disadvantages of key-value databases
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Infographic
Different database types exist to serve different purposes. This sometimes makes the choice of the right type of database to use obvious. While key-value databases may be limited in what they can do, they are often the right choice for many different situations.
Unlike relational databases, key-value NoSQL databases do not have a specified structure. Relational databases store data in tables where each column has an assigned data type. Key-value databases are a collection of key-value pairs that are stored as individual records and do not have a predefined data structure.
Here are the main advantages and disadvantages of key-value databases.
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CW APAC: Trend Watch: Database technology
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
Innovative data management offerings are improving the efficiency of enterprise operations. In this handbook, focused on database technology in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at the impact of graph databases, Neo4j’s partnership with Deloitte, TigerGraph’s added security features and the different types of database management systems currently on the market.
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Infographic: NoSQL Databases
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Infographic
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Type: eGuide
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Infographic: Comparing cloud database security
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Infographic
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By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: eBook
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Computer Weekly – 23 July 2024: Serving up a GenAI experience at Wimbledon
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
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Top 10 information management stories of 2019
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Type: Essential Guide
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By:
Type: Video
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CW APAC, February 2021: Buyer’s guide to data management
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
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Computer Weekly – 30 July 2024: CrowdStrike blue screen bug serves a stark warning
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Ezine
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By:
Type: Replay
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Type: Talk
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By: Quest
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A Day In the Life of a Database Hero
By:
Type: Replay
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Big Data and Analytics Applied to Oil and Gas
By: TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
Type: Essential Guide
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Type: Replay
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A New Era of Database Support with Hyper-Convergence & Database-as-a-Service
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Type: Replay
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Type: Replay
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Type: Replay
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PostgreSQL for Oracle database users
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Type: Talk
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ESG Exchange: Don’t Fall into the Trap of Adding on More Databases
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Type: Video
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Type: Video
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Inside the successful projects that rely on NoSQL database applications
By: Couchbase
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Type: Replay
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