“We want this to be the database of the future and to last for many decades to come,” Microsoft Technical Fellow Dharma Shukla told me when we talked about Cosmos DB, the new globally distributed ...

Databricks claims AI agents have quietly taken over enterprise database creation, pushing its Lakebase product to the center of agentic application development.

Overview: PostgreSQL leads in developer popularity in 2026 and offers advanced features for complex workloads.MySQL remains widely adopted, stable, and strong i ...

Attention in the wide universe of databases and content management has been drawn lately to XML and, specifically, XML databases. You’ll get a good indication of the state of XML-based content ...

Rimma Nehme, product manager for Azure Cosmos DB, introduces a new feature for Microsoft’s cloud database at Build 2018. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft’s Azure Cosmos DB database was probably the most ...

In the world of data management, small businesses often face a critical decision: should they use spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, or should they invest in a more complex database ...

AI has not reduced the need for human judgment in database management: It has exposed how dangerous it is to operate without ...

The modern sense of NoSQL, which dates from 2009, refers to databases that are not built on relational tables, unlike SQL databases. Often, NoSQL databases boast better design flexibility, horizontal ...