For decades, research in distributed systems, especially in Byzantine consensus and state machine replication (SMR), has ...

A blockchain is a distributed system that achieves security through cryptography and consensus, without relying on trust. It’s a breathtaking innovation. If one technology trend could prove to be even ...

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Distributed transactions are one of the more powerful and important functions within SQL Server. A distributed transaction is just like any other transaction within the SQL Server database, with a ...

NEW YORK, June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB), the leading, modern, general purpose data platform, today announced the latest version of its core database, MongoDB 4.2. Key ...

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Blockchain Explained: The Foundation of Bitcoin’s Decentralized and Secure Transaction Network. Whether it’s a new era of technological innovation or just the latest hype that will eventually die out, ...

On 20 February the Eurosystem announced the decision of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) to expand its initiative to settle transactions recorded on distributed ledger ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...