Column databases have keys, values, and timestamps; the timestamp is used for determining the valid content. Cassandra is a prominent example of a column database.

Today, what we have are multiple instances of separate databases running in different data centers. For example, Xeround, a provider of a MySQL-compatible database service in the cloud, just announced ...

It could be a relational database, it could be a distributed database, or it could be blockchain.” 3 Questions to Vet Your Blockchain Project How do you decide if blockchain fits your project?

O'Reilly's CockroachDB The Definitive Guide: Distributed Data at Scale This new book from O’Reilly will teach developers, architects, and devops teams how to build, optimize, and manage applications ...

Cockroach Labs has debuted a new release of its high-performance distributed database with next-generation AI capabilities and a new service tier for its CockroachDB Cloud offering.

Startup pgEdge, with a fully distributed database for use in the cloud and at the network edge, emerged from stealth with $9M in seed funding.

Today, a company called Yugabyte, which has built an open-source distributed SQL database model to help handle all that volume, is announcing that it has raised $188 million at a valuation of over ...

NuoDB, a Cambridge, Mass.-based database company that specializes in distributed database management, today announced that it has raised a $14.2 million funding round led by Europe’s second ...