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The Ins and Outs of Building a Microservices Architecture
Aug 26, 2024 · In many organizations, microservices have become the default method of application building and deployment, leveraging containers and Kubernetes. The resulting architecture has been a flexible network of services that provide resiliency by operating independently, unaffected by potential failures in other parts of the system. Recently, however, some technology leaders have been questioning if ...
The Top Information Management Trends for 2024
Jan 11, 2024 · The following are key trends shaping the data landscape of 2024 as identified by industry leaders: Artificial intelligence. Front and center to any discussion, of course, is the rapidly increasing use of AI. Expect to see more businesses seeking to “achieve competitive differentiation through AI and generative AI, powered by their data ...
The Importance of Referential Constraints for Data Integrity
Aug 9, 2017 · Referential integrity (RI) is a method for ensuring the 'correctness' of data within a DBMS. People tend to oversimplify RI, stating that it is merely the identification of relationships between relational tables. It is actually much more than this. RI embodies the integrity and usability of a relationship by establishing rules that govern that relationship.
Data Warehouses, Data Marts, Operational Data Stores, and Data …
Sep 26, 2018 · Many organizations nowadays are struggling with finding the appropriate data stores for their data, making it important to understand the differences and similarities between data warehouses, data marts, ODSs, and data lakes. All these data structures clearly serve different purposes and user profiles, and it is necessary to be aware of their differences in order to make the right investment ...
Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management Solutions
The “December 2021 Gartner ® Magic Quadrant ™ for Master Data Management Solutions” marks the sixth time that Gartner has published this report—and it’s also the sixth time in a row that Informatica has been positioned furthest for Completeness of Vision and the fourth time in a row that Informatica has placed highest in Ability to ...
The 5 Key Factors for Database Performance
Oct 31, 2019 · Five factors influence database performance: workload, throughput, resources, optimization, and contention. The workload that is requested of the DBMS defines the demand. It is a combination of online transactions, batch jobs, ad hoc queries, data warehousing analysis, utilities, and system commands directed through the system at any given time.
Types of Database Recovery, Part 1
Oct 6, 2022 · Things break and the DBA must be prepared for situations where a failure impacts the availability, integrity, or usability of a database. Reacting to failures and service disruptions is a key component of the DBA's job. This means ensuring that appropriate backups are taken for all your critical database objects. Assuming backups exist, when an …
What is Data as a Service? The 3 Key Dimensions
Nov 4, 2016 · DaaS can overcome these business conditions from three dimensions: information-rich external data assets, connecting data silos, and enabling pre-built and packaged analytics. Looking at each element in more detail, DaaS helps organizations manage the following: 1. External data assets. External data assets provide an enterprise with additional ...
Understanding Database Lock Timeouts and Deadlocks
Sep 16, 2021 · A deadlock occurs when concurrent processes are competing for locks on the same resources. For example, assume Program1 holds a lock on row 3 and is requesting a lock on row 7. If Program2 holds a lock on row 7 and is requesting a lock on row 3, processing cannot continue; it is deadlocked. You can think of a deadlock as a specific type of lock ...