Database Schema Design Guide: Rules & Best Practices
If your end goal is to build a high-performance and scalable application, you need to have a good database design. Everything begins with the database and a badly designed one is like having a bad foundation on your house. No ...
Essential Skills for every Data Specialist
There is no doubt that data-related occupations are one of the most important professions of the present age, and are almost one of the highest paid professions in the world. The salaries of scientists and data specialists are about $ ...
What Data Scientists Need to Know About SQL
If you're an aspiring data scientist or someone already working the field, you've probably heard about structured query language or SQL. People typically refer to it as "sequel" rather than by its full name or acronym. It's the database language ...
The Limitation of MySQL Database in a Typical Big Data Environment
MySQL is the pioneering name in enterprise database management systems and is widely used as an open-source RDBMS (Relational Database Management System). Many of the enterprise applications and CMS web development platforms rely on MySQL database as an excellent solution ...
Career Opportunities After MCSA SQL Certification
MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate) is an entry level certification validated by Microsoft for budding developers and IT professionals. The certification can open various doors for an IT guy as it gives you authority and validation for Microsoft products and ...
5 most in-demand skills for Big Data jobs
As the Big Data market grows, so does the demand for skilled workers - are your skills in-demand?
The Big Data market is growing as businesses realise the important of making data driven decisions. The market is predicted to be worth ...
Apache Drill 1.0 is Now Generally Available
Today, we are extremely excited and proud to announce the general availability (GA) of Apache Drill 1.0, as part of the MapR Distribution. Congratulations to the Drill community on this significant milestone and achievement!
Incubated in September 2012 as an Apache ...
HP Unveils Vertica for SQL on Hadoop
Hewlett-Packard is building a bridge between traditional SQL database analytics and Big Data on Hadoop systems. The result is HP Vertica for SQL on Hadoop.
HP officially unveiled the new offering today -- though reports about the offering (previously code-named Dragline) surfaced in May ...
Riak Enterprise 2.0 enhances NoSQL database usability
For organizations that deal with large quantities of data, the NoSQL database is a popular choice. However, it can present problems for traditional database programmers.
For this reason developers are always on the look out for ways to build applications more ...
NoSQL, NewSQL, or RDBMS-How To Choose
When should you choose a NoSQL or NewSQL option versus a conventional relational database management system? Here are 10 telltale traits that will help you make the right choice.
Today's databases are not only expected to be flexible enough to handle ...