Analytical workloads differ from transactional workloads in that most queries read a small subset of columns for very large numbers of rows. To optimize for these demands, most analytical databases ...

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If you want to know what’s what in Big Data analytics today, you’ve got to know the basics of NoSQL databases, and how appropriate NoSQL databases facilitate Big Data analytics. What are the most ...

It is an unfortunate result of being human that we are biased by our first impressions. For example, we are often blinded when we encounter a subject area’s data for the first time. The initial data ...

ClickHouse Inc., the developer of an open-source columnar database that can store petabytes of information, has closed a $350 million funding round. The company announced the Series C investment today ...

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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 ...