Database and Data Management News and Trends

OVERVIEW

A database is a structured set of information, stored and accessed electronically. A database may live on-premise, in the cloud or both, and is governed by a database management system.

ESSENTIAL READING

Why NoSQL Deployments Are Failing at Scale

NoSQL struggles at scale, distributed SQL offers a stronger solution.

SQL, NoSQL and Vectors, Oh My!

Understand the evolution of database technologies, from traditional SQL to NoSQL, and finally the newer vector databases, and where each type excels.

Valkey: What’s New and What’s Next?

Multithreading is a new capability of the open source fork of Redis, with JSON and bloom filter modules on the horizon, said Kyle Davis of AWS in this episode of The New Stack Makers.

OpenSearch: How the Project Went From Fork to Foundation

The open source analytics engine is highly flexible and getting better all the time, says Anandhi Bumstead of AWS in this episode of The New Stack Makers.

AI Use Cases to Triple, Finds Apache Cassandra Poll

Users need more cloud native capabilities, better tools for AI workloads and continued innovation in performance and scalability.

GETTING STARTED

Columnar Storage: A Developer’s Key to Real-Time Analytics

Converging operational and real-time analytics capabilities into one database platform removes friction for developers working with multiple data stores.

Get Started With AWS Bedrock for GenAI Apps

Build a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) framework with AWS Bedrock and a Zilliz Cloud vector database.

GraphQL vs. OpenAPI: Pros and Cons for Data Governance

A Fortune 50 CTO evaluates the pros and cons of OpenAPI and GraphQL API standards, and their relevance to data governance.

TUTORIALS

How to Write SQL Queries

Learn how to use SELECT, FROM, JOIN, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY, OFFSET and FETCH to retrieve data with SQL.

How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide

Learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and other stateful applications on Kubernetes in this step-by-step tutorial.

How To Manage 45 Billion Client Records With Aerospike

At Aerospike's Real-Time Data Summit last week, Adjust's Bubunyo Nyavo explained how the company used Aerospike to help clients track the return on investment of their marketing channels.