Indexes are fundamental to database performance, but too often, they’re treated as “set it and forget it” structures. As the data landscape evolves—with hybrid cloud deployments, real-time analytics, ...

Developers working with SQL Server often treat indexing as a DBA's domain--something happening "under the hood" that doesn't require much attention unless performance takes a hit. But ignoring the ...

Rockset Inc., the maker of a specialized cloud database for real-time analytics, today announced that it has closed a $40 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Greylock took part in the ...

Redis Ltd., which sells a commercial version of the in-memory database management system, today announced full support for JavaScript Object Notation with the release of RedisJSON 2.0. The new version ...

PostgreSQL was the first relational DBMS to introduce JSON support, and its JSONB index search capability is unique. More is on the way. We know that data drives innovation and powers better customer ...

In previous articles, I have discussed XML’s value as a data format for Linux users. I have also discussed a wide variety of Linux tools for processing XML. But the data that XML usually represents ...