The requirements for a logical and physical database vary by size and design parameters. A logical database must be able to access and identify all files within the storage system to operate correctly ...

Transactional cloud databases come in all shapes and sizes, from simple key-value stores to planet-scale distributed relational databases. Here’s how to choose the right cloud database for your ...

Data continues to grow in volume, variety, and velocity, resulting in new data management technologies. Recently, Deepti Srivastava, product manager for Cloud Spanner at Google Cloud, discussed how ...

Sensor data and IoT applications have special requirements that might be better served by a specialized database. Here’s what to consider. The world has become “sensor-fied.” Sensors on everything, ...

We describe an approach for increasing user involvement in the collection of database requirements. The approach is based on a form definition system that makes inferences from examples of form ...