Tag: distributed database
The Rise, Realities, and Potential, of Distributed SQL + Vector Databases in the AI Era
The database market is currently undergoing a significant transformation as it grapples with the demands posed by AI applications, pushing the boundaries of traditional computing architectures. With machine learning mode Read more…
StarTree Finds Apache Pinot the Right Vintage for IT Observability
Apache Pinot grew popular among companies like Uber for its capability to serve SQL queries to thousands of external users with sub-second latency. Now the commercial open-source vendor backing Pinot, StarTree, announced Read more…
PayPal Open Sources Key-Value Store, JunoDB
PayPal last month released the source code for JunoDB, a distributed key-value store it developed internally and which today powers a variety of backend services at the payment site, including 350 billion transaction req Read more…
Can Yugabyte Modernize the Database Layer? Bill Cook Thinks So
It’s a conundrum that many database startups have yet to solve: Why does Oracle continue to dominate the space if its relational database is so out of step with the times? The software vendor that cracks the code will Read more…
Cockroach Snags $87 million to Grow Cloud Database Biz
Cockroach Labs founder and CEO Spencer Kimball has a gaudy goal: to have CockroachDB power the next generation of Ubers and Googles. With today’s $86.6 million Series D funding round complete, he’s one step closer to Read more…
GridGain Expands Support for Apache Ignite
Enterprise support for Apache Ignite, the open source distributed database for in-memory computing applications, is being expanded for Ignite users. GridGain Systems, which transferred Ignite to the open source commun Read more…
With Eye on Oracle, MariaDB Buys Clustrix
MariaDB Corp. continued its buying spree this week with the acquisition of distributed database pioneer Clustrix, adding what the buyer said is a scale-out capability running on commodity hardware or in the cloud. Ter Read more…
Flink Delivers ACID Transactions on Streaming Data
The folks behind Apache Flink just delivered something you may not have realized you needed: ACID guarantees in a stream processing framework. According to data Artisans, its new Streaming Ledger offering could even repl Read more…