Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...

Companies of all sizes and maturity levels, from startups to multinational corporations, have at least this in common: they know that using data effectively is a key driver of innovation, competitive ...

Most database startups avoid building relational databases, since that market is dominated by a few goliaths. Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server have embedded themselves into the technical fabric ...

In this paper, the authors describe a custom relational algebra query software environment that enables database instructors to teach relational algebra programming. Instead of defining query ...

The current driving force for many IT projects is big data and analytics. Organizations are looking to exploit the growing mountain of data by creating systems of insight that can help businesses to ...

Comcast Corp. is working on ways to better understand its customers’ families. The company plans to roll out features that enable parents to manage the devices their children use at a fine level of ...

Every decade seems to have its database. During the 1990s, the relational database became the principal data environment, its ease of use and tabular arrangement making it a natural for the growing ...

In the predictions game, it's time for us to bat clean-up once more. Following Big on Data bro Andrew Brust's roundup of AI-related predictions from a cross section of industry executives, now it's ...