Database software
With the volumes of digital data used by businesses growing at exponential rates, having the right information management and database software becomes key to corporate decision-making. While established products such as Oracle, DB2 and Informix remain widely used, open source alternatives such as MySQL and Ingres offer potential alternatives for IT managers. We examine the issues around choosing the right products and strategies for your organisation.
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News
15 Oct 2025
AI will create a better world, says Oracle’s Ellison
Oracle ramped up its plans to lead in all things AI on the opening day of its renamed customer event, AI World, with founder Larry Ellison emphasising AI’s transformative potential Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2025
Nato chooses Oracle to secure battlefield communications
Nato has chosen Oracle and Druid to secure private 5G networks for cyber defence, war gaming and research, using Oracle Cloud and edge technology Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2019
NuoDB 4.0 beats drum for cloud-native cloud-agnosticism
Distributed SQL database company NuoDB has reached its version 4.0 iteration... and aligned further to core open source cloud platform technologies. The new release expands cloud-native and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2019
Neo4j charts tighter grip on graph data-at-rest
San Mateo headquartered graph database company Neo4j (with roots in open source) is working with French defence company Thales (pronounced ta-less). A graph database is a database designed to treat ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2019
YugaByte goes 100% open under Apache
Open source distributed SQL database company YugaByte has confirmed that its eponymously named YugaByte DB is now 100 percent open source under the Apache 2.0 license. The additional homage to open ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jul 2019
DataStax: data is the hardest part of architecture modernisation
There’s a problem with architecture modernisation -- and it’s a big problem. As many as 99% of IT executives are said to currently report challenges with architecture modernisation -- but what does ... Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2019
Blockchain.com banks on Google cloud to support growth of cryptocurrency management platform
Blockchain.com reveals details of how it is ramping up its use of the Google Cloud Platform as the range of cryptocurrencies it supports grows, along with the size of its user base Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jul 2019
How to be an IT rock star
The recent spate of band reunions and Glastonbury illustrates the longevity of rock music. But the software industry seems to be stuck on finding the next big thing. Who would ever describe Windows ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Jul 2019
RavenDB offers developer-friendly ‘operations free’ database
Developers use databases -- no surprise there. But, crucially, developers aren’t DataBase Administrators (DBAs), so they tend to prefer database platforms that can provide them with as much ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2019
Google Cloud to expand datacentres for delivery of managed Oracle datacentre service with Atos
Google plots datacentre expansions in Germany and North America to provide users with local access to managed Oracle database services in the cloud Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2019
Big companies face extinction unless they use IT better
Better use of IT could add £100bn to the British economy, says a CBI report into UK big business Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2019
DBS Bank goes big on open source
Besides using a slew of open source software, DBS Bank is looking to contribute some of its own projects to the open source community in future Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jun 2019
MIRIS charges up ecological ethical approach to energy & data
Blockchain is changing everything. Software application developers are now working to accommodate for streams where Blockchain-based immutable data [flows, stores and more] can be used for greater ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2019
Oracle results: Revenue flat, cloud progress claimed
Full-year 2018-19 results show revenue flat to slight, but executives claim cloud headway and progress on autonomous database uptake Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jun 2019
Deeper into the data fabric with MongoDB
Much as we would like it to be, the Computer Weekly Developer Network and Open Source Insider team can’t be everywhere at once -- and this week, that means we’re missing MongoDB World 2019 in New ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jun 2019
The death of the data model?
Agile developers tend to view data modeling as a bottleneck preventing them from delivering value. This is the view held by Pascal Desmarets, founder and CEO of Hackolade, a Belgium-based startup ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
04 Jun 2019
In this week’s issue: GDPR one year on – is it working?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, a year after the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, we assess its progress. Fears of technology are holding back digital healthcare – we look at the tech that’s bringing back a human touch. And we examine Microsoft’s desktop management tools for Windows 10. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Jun 2019
Sainsbury’s Bank moves data to AWS cloud with Teradata UDA
Bank decided on a fundamental shift to AWS cloud, using Teradata’s Unified Data Architecture, after it was divested from Lloyds in 2013. Here’s how it built from a new ground zero. Continue Reading
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News
03 Jun 2019
How Alibaba Cloud plans to win over APAC enterprises
The Chinese cloud supplier is counting on data analytics, industry-specific offerings and its knowledge of the China market to gain a foothold in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Jun 2019
Instaclustr anomaly detection scaled to 19 billion
The instant clustering aficionados at Instaclustr have created an anomaly detection application capable of processing and vetting real-time events at a uniquely massive scale – 19 billion events ... Continue Reading
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News
28 May 2019
SAP extends Hana’s reach beyond enterprise applications
The benefits of Hana Cloud Services are clear to Asia-Pacific customers, although actual adoption will boil down to cost Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 May 2019
DataStax details road to Apache Cassandra future
DataStax closed out the final day of its 'Accelerate 2019' conference by focusing on a selection of platform-level developments including its community development stream. Nate McCall, project ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 May 2019
DataStax CEO Bosworth : accelerating development on (and in) the cloud
DataStax CEO Billy Bosworth started out as a database administrator (DBA), so one would hope that he knows how to build, compile, manage and deploy in all senses of those terms, right? Bosworth ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 May 2019
DataStax stacks data – but what is a data stack?
The Computer Weekly Developer Network team is at DataStax Accelerate. DataStax is a provider of a hybrid cloud database built on Apache Cassandra. DataStax has built a set of technologies designed ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 May 2019
Couchbase pumps ups ‘Autonomous Operator’ function
NoSQL database company Couchbase has moved off the sofa (the firm is no couch potato, get it?) and come forward with new features aligned to allow ‘deployers’ to build (and scale) applications. The ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
16 May 2019
CW APAC: Expert advice on data management
Data is growing exponentially, so managing it well is crucial to business success. In this handbook, Computer Weekly looks at how companies and data management experts are tackling data challenges, studies the findings of Gartner’s CDO study, and finds out how organisations are augmenting data management through artificial intelligence and machine learning. Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2019
Huawei debuts AI-powered database
Huawei is using reinforcement learning to deliver self-tuning and self-healing capabilities for the latest iteration of its GaussDB database Continue Reading
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News
09 May 2019
Sapphire 2019: Plattner vaunts public cloud as SAP future
At SapphireNow 2019 in Orlando, Florida, SAP co-founder and chair Hasso Plattner said public cloud is the future as raft of Hana database and analytics enhancements announced Continue Reading
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News
02 May 2019
Singapore rolls out blockchain platform for verifying educational certificates
Employers in the city-state can now use the OpenCerts platform to verify the qualifications of employees and new hires Continue Reading
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News
25 Apr 2019
European Union to create central biometrics database
New rules will see the introduction of a repository of personal data from hundreds of millions of citizens to support law enforcement across member states Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Apr 2019
What to expect from DataStax Accelerate
The Computer Weekly Developer Network and Open Source Insider team are off the nation’s capitol (we said capitol, not capital… it’s Washington DC) to witness the goings on at DataStax Accelerate. ... Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2019
Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research
Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers Continue Reading
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E-Zine
26 Mar 2019
A ‘stunning victory’ in Post Office Horizon trial
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we report on the latest news from the court case about the controversial Post Office Horizon IT system after claimants achieve a ‘stunning victory’ in a judge’s ruling. Top IT leaders share their views on creating a strategy for the digital age. And the CIO of Halfords talks about cloud, data analytics and emerging technologies. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2019
Oracle makes cloud pitch at OpenWorld Asia
Oracle made a strong call for cloud at its inaugural OpenWorld event in Asia on the back of robust growth in cloud revenues Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2019
Suse renews focus on APAC as independent firm
Open source software company Suse plans to keep up with its growing business momentum in Asia by adding more headcount in emerging markets and shoring up call centre operations Continue Reading
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News
20 Mar 2019
How D+1 keeps payroll woes at bay
The Singapore-based F&B business behind the Yolé frozen yogurt chain has consolidated its payroll data into a single database powered by Unit4’s HR management system Continue Reading
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News
15 Mar 2019
Oracle Q3 2018-19 results: profits nudge up, revenue dips
Oracle’s third quarter 2018-19 results show improved profitability on weaker revenue, and cloud-based autonomous database service with 1,000 customers Continue Reading
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E-Zine
05 Mar 2019
Modernising IT at the Bank of England
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the Bank of England as it starts the modernisation programme for its core system – one that the UK economy relies on. We look at the rise of DevSecOps and how it can help deal with increasingly complex security threats. And we examine the different approaches to storage for structured and unstructured data. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
22 Feb 2019
Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal
Facebook planned to use its Android app to track the location of its customers and to allow advertisers to send political advertising and invites to dating sites to ‘single’ people, confidential documents show Continue Reading
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News
19 Feb 2019
IT Priorities 2019: UK investment intent for AI intensifies, SaaS applications mature beyond CRM
AI continues to strengthen as a focus for IT systems buyers in the UK, according to this year’s Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey, while cloud applications are maturing beyond CRM Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2019
Chesterfield NHS trust consolidates 30 data management systems into one with Civica
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aims to become a paperless organisation by 2020 Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2019
Innocent people arrested following surveillance blunders, IPCO reveals
Interception of communications commissioner Adrian Fulford warns of “grave” repercussions for people wrongly identified as suspects due to errors made when government bodies access email, phone and telephone data Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2019
No-deal Brexit could lead to data issues, MPs told
Trade body TechUK is concerned smaller companies are far from ready for a no-deal scenario, while warning that leaving without a deal could lead to serious data issues for businesses Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jan 2019
SUSE teams with Intel & SAP on persistent memory in the datacentre
SUSE has announced support for Intel Optane DC persistent memory with SAP HANA. Persistent memory is typically defined as any method or apparatus for storing data structures such that they can ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Jan 2019
Facebook’s high-stakes privacy gamble goes to Dublin court
A high-wire gamble with billions in compensation at stake for European internet users – part of a complex case between Facebook and the Irish information commissioner – hides challenge to the unlawfulness of US state internet surveillance Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Jan 2019
AWS mixes toxic cocktail for open source
There is currently a crisis unfolding in the open source world, with a number of companies changing their licensing to protect revenue. This has arisen due to a potentially toxic situation where ... Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jan 2019
Storage 101: Structured data and its storage needs
Structured data is declining as a proportion of all data but its importance to business applications and its organised nature make its storage requirements very specific Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jan 2019
Oxagile on predictive analytics: 3 types of regression algorithms you should know
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Yana Yelina in her role as technology writer at Oxagile, a provider of software engineering and IT consulting services. ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Jan 2019
SAP user group’s Cooper: Indirect licensing progress welcome but slow
SAP UK&I User Group chair Paul Cooper on the state of play between SAP and users: sanguine about end of ECC6; S/4 adoption growth steady, indirect licensing still an issue; and C/4 remains unknown Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2018
Tibco’s Orchestra acquisition will mean ‘faster IT integration’
Tibco’s strategic acquisition of Paris-based Orchestra networks will ‘benefit customers of both companies’ Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Dec 2018
Multi-model databases are more juicy
It sounds like a brand of orange juice… and its community edition is written in C++, but actually ArangoDB is a native multi-model database. ArangoDB Community Edition is available under ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Nov 2018
GridGain CTO: why in-memory is on the up
Oh no, it’s 2019 prediction season again for the IT industry. Guess what? Open source is gaining increasing traction in the enterprise and cloud-native software application development is becoming ... Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2018
Rubrik adds Oracle, NoSQL and SAP Hana data protection
Scale-out backup appliance maker has already ticked most physical and virtual support boxes and is now filling out the details with enterprise application support Continue Reading
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News
12 Nov 2018
AWS CEO Andy Jassy confirms Oracle data warehouse switch-off at Amazon
Months after Oracle CTO Larry Ellison cited Amazon's use of its database tech as proof of its superiority, AWS CEO confirms its parent company is now migrating off it Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Nov 2018
DataStax developer lead on programming for multi-cloud
The Computer Weekly Developer Network team attended the DataStax UK ‘Developer Day’ event this autumn 2018 to speak to the company’s Veep of developer relations Patrick McFadin. With DataStax ... Continue Reading
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News
30 Oct 2018
UK government taskforce commits to distributed ledger technologies
Report says distributed ledger technology “has the potential to deliver significant benefits in financial services and other sectors in the future” Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2018
Oracle bullish on growth in ASEAN
Enterprise technology juggernaut Oracle claims traction in cloud applications and growing interest in its cloud-based autonomous database service in Southeast Asia Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2018
Oracle Open World 2018: CEO Mark Hurd says SAP ERP customers will defect
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd opined at Open World that SAP ECC6 customers will defect, in some measure, to Oracle in preference to S/4 Hana Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Oct 2018
SAP developer lead: how we win hearts & minds
Afternoon sessions at this year's SAP TechEd Europe 2018 in Barcelona opened up the opportunity to speak to Thomas Grassl, SAP’s global head for developer and community relations. The Computer ... Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2018
Software suites will dominate the business applications market
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd contends that having a common user interface and the ability to support data flows across a business are key capabilities that will spur the dominance of software suites over time Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2018
There is more to fintech than meets the eye
Financial technology goes way beyond the flashy apps facing consumers and into the depths of the back office Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2018
Geospatial Commission pumps £5m into unlocking value of location data
Commission wants to unlock the value of location data held by its partners through the use of emerging technologies Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2018
Hortonworks Cloudera merger proposal stirs market pot
The proposed merger between Hadoop distributors Cloudera and Hortonworks stings MapR, and elicits analyst comment pointing up the threat from cloud players AWS, Google, and Microsoft Continue Reading
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News
04 Oct 2018
Cloudera and Hortonworks sink differences to merge
Hadoop distributors Hortonworks and Cloudera have sunk their differences and announced their marriage Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2018
No let-up in digital banking glitches as TSB and HSBC customers are hit on payday
Online and mobile app banking outages continue to increase in regularity as TSB and HSBC customers report problems Continue Reading
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E-Zine
19 Sep 2018
CW ANZ: Get to grips with DevOps
The burgeoning DevOps culture in Australia has attracted new market players and led major companies to embrace the movement to get development and operations teams working in unison. But organisations need to be wary of a range of traps while they try to instil a DevOps mindset. In this issue of CW ANZ, we take a look at how Australian organisations are embracing DevOps and the pitfalls they need to avoid. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2018
Oracle first-quarter 2018-19 results show weak growth
Oracle’s first-quarter results for 2018-19 reveal $9.2bn revenue and 1% growth, with co-CEO Mark Hurd calling out “spectacular growth” for the NetSuite cloud ERP for SMEs business Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Sep 2018
Developer blockchain tools are on-chain & off-chain
Document exchange and transaction management company Amalto has come forward with early adopter options for its Platform 6 enterprise application framework. This developer toolset is designed to ... Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2018
Snowflake making headway in Australia
Cloud data warehouse supplier Snowflake has nabbed several Australian customers and is looking at delivering its software via the Azure cloud service next year Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2018
TSB CEO out after months of IT problems
TSB’s CEO, Paul Pester, is stepping down after the bank and its customers were beset by another round of IT problems Continue Reading
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E-Zine
04 Sep 2018
Power play – how GE builds digital into its products
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we speak to Bill Ruh, the head of GE Digital about how the business has changed to focus on customer outcomes following a change in senior leadership. The company is exploring new industries to take its Predix platform, such as the hospitality sector. We look at the problems of implementing SAP S/4 Hana and speak to experts about how to maximise success. We also explore the challenges of networking microservices. Our CIO interview is PayPoint CIO Jon Marchant. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2018
Amnesty International creates human rights digital archive
Digital preservation platform from Preservica will protect digital records of significant historical importance to Amnesty and its supporters Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Aug 2018
Why log analytics should be ‘metrics first’
Open source log file analytics specialist InfluxData is insistent that we should take a ‘metrics first’ approach to log analysis. The company says believes in a metrics first approach that provides ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2018
Rentokil robot Trevor kills off mundane processes
Pest control firm has deployed artificial intelligence robots to take out manual processes and progress its learning organisation approach Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Aug 2018
Instaclustr: 9 tips to improve Apache Kafka management
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Open Source Inside blog written by by Ben Slater in his role as chief product officer at Instaclustr. Instaclustr is known for its focus on providing ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Aug 2018
GeoSpock CTO: GPUs are ‘no silver bullet’
The Computer Weekly Open Source Insider blog ran a story this June 2018 detailing work carried out by large-scale interactive geospatial analytics company MapD and its work to provide a higher ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2018
DevOps must be Database-Driven, welcome to DDDevOps
DevOps is DevOps, but at the same time, DevOps is only DevOps if it’s Database-Driven DevOps (or DDDevOps, if you will). Contemporary approaches to software application development do of course ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2018
Progress VP: how to shine a light on dark data
There’s a lot of data out there and it comes in various different forms. TechTarget defines dark data is digital information that is not being used. Magical analyst Gartner Inc. describes dark data ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Jul 2018
Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth
Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2018
Oracle’s deal with Chile should go global
UK Oracle users may eventually see the ripple effect of a court ruling in a country almost 7,500 miles away Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Jul 2018
MongoDB World 2018: what you (and we) missed
The Computer Weekly Developer Network shamefully missed its chance to attend MongoDB World 2018 for the USA leg of the schema-fluid developer-focused database company’s contribution to this year’s ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
03 Jul 2018
Future-proofing Gatwick Airport’s networks
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at London Gatwick Airport and talk to its CIO about a critical network upgrade to support passenger growth. Our latest buyer’s guide examines automation and intelligent systems management. And we assess and compare the latest technologies for boosting storage performance. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jul 2018
Case study: Logistics firm GWC moves from paper to digital HR in three months
Qatar-based logistics firm Gulf Warehousing Company introduced smart appraisals for employees, cut the time it takes to recruit, and gave staff and managers access to accurate HR data by replacing paper systems with human resources software Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jun 2018
MapD gets granular on spatio-temporal data
What’s better than data analytics? Well, one answer is Marmite mixed with peanut butter and orange marmalade, obviously. MapD Technologies thinks it can go one better. The company’s spin doctors ... Continue Reading
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News
26 Jun 2018
British Muslim challenges use of intelligence databases for repeated police stops
Muzaffar Abdullah is challenging police use of intelligence databases to repeatedly stop and question Muslims, after being arrested for refusing to answer questions under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. His lawyers say he had been stopped at least 10 times before and the police should have known he had no connection to terrorism Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2018
Teradata sues SAP over Hana for stealing trade secrets
Data warehousing supplier Teradata is suing SAP in a Californian court for stealing trade secrets, copyright infringement and antitrust violations Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2018
Oracle full-year results show 6% growth, but cloud revenue opaque?
Oracle’s full-year results for 2017-18 reveal total revenue of $39.8bn, up 6%, but reporting of cloud with on-premise revenue under “bring your own licence” policy has raised qualm over cloud weakness obfuscation Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Jun 2018
Can good data approaches help uncover bad data social manipulation?
Software definitely helped cause the pernicious problem of fake news – but could also ameliorate it, says data expert Emil Eifrem, in a guest blogpost. Time was it was the tabloid newspapers that ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jun 2018
The SAP link in Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk
Fans of Cirque du Soleil’s highly-anticipated Toruk – The First Flight were encouraged to whip out their smartphones during the performance in Singapore recently – with full blessings from the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Jun 2018
What is graph analytics?
TigerGraph has brought forward a free Developer Edition of its graph analytics platform for lifetime non-commercial use. But, please, what is graph analytics? As defined nicely here by Hitachi ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2018
What SAP C/4 Hana means for the APAC enterprises
The cloud-based CRM suite could find takers, but it may not be enticing enough for Salesforce.com CRM customers that also run SAP’s ERP software to make the switch Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2018
Sapphire 2018: SAP will take over CRM market, says McDermott
SAP’s chief executive Bill McDermott tells 2018 Sapphire conference the supplier will storm the CRM market with its C/4 Hana business applications suite Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Jun 2018
Quest argues for adaptive data controls in holistic heaven
The Computer Weekly Developer Network talks to John Pocknell is his role as senior product manager at Quest in line with a mini-series of posts related to the rise of what we have called the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 May 2018
DataStax: balancing yin & yang in the holistic dream
Computer Weekly Open Source Insider talks to Patrick McFadin in his role as vice president for developer relations at DataStax. DataStax is a distributed cloud database built on Apache Cassandra – ... Continue Reading
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News
25 May 2018
MPs slam government for biometrics strategy delay
Science and Technology Committee questions legality of the police’s approach to deleting mugshots of innocent people, and says government’s reasons for four-year delay to a new strategy is “less than convincing” Continue Reading
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News
24 May 2018
England and Wales Cricket Board to improve players’ medical data
Cricketers’ medical images will be stored securely in an independent clinical archive, enabling clinicians to access medical data and make treatment decisions more quickly Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 May 2018
What is a data science platform?
In an information technology landscape full of platforms, the ‘data science platform’ is now an official thing – but what is it, or what is one? The curiously named John Snow Labs company is a ... Continue Reading
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News
15 May 2018
Oracle claims positive traction for autonomous database in ASEAN
Oracle’s newly minted autonomous database could leave database administrators unemployed, but that has not stopped a Thai payment services provider from jumping onto the bandwagon Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2018
Police Scotland did not inform public of mobile phone searches
Members of the Scottish Parliament heard that Police Scotland did not conduct impact assessments or give explanations to the public when they were accessing private data on their mobile phones Continue Reading
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News
08 May 2018
Oracle’s autonomous database could leave DBAs unemployed
The long-term future of database administrators could be at risk if every enterprise adopts the Oracle 18c autonomous database Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 May 2018
YugaByte DB goes ‘planet-scale’, next stop intergalactic data
Forget large-scale, forget enterprise-scale and forget web-scale says transactional database company YugaByte – now is the age of planet-scale cloud applications. Is this grandiose showboating ... Continue Reading
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News
24 Apr 2018
Criminal Courts Review Commission findings in Post Office computer case raise further enquiries
The Criminal Courts Review Commission forensic examination of the IT system at the centre of a legal case against the Post Office has raised further questions Continue Reading