PostgreSQL with the pgvector extension allows tables to be used as storage for vectors, each of which is saved as a row. It also allows any number of metadata columns to be added. In an enterprise ...

Learn why, when, and how to use conflict-free replicated data types to bring strong eventual consistency to your geo-distributed applications Roshan Kumar is a senior product manager at Redis Labs.

The "data" part of the terms "data lake," "data warehouse," and "database" is easy enough to understand. Data are everywhere, and the bits need to be kept somewhere. But should they be stored in a ...

A 'picker' gathers items at Amazon's Fulfilment Centre in Peterborough, central England, on November 28, 2013. 'Cyber Monday' which falls this year on Monday December 2, 2013, is expected to be the ...

It is funny how exotic computer technology eventually either fails or becomes commonplace. At one time, having more than one user on a computer at once was high tech, for example. Then there are ...

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Blockchain has been accused by detractors as nothing more than a more complicated and expensive database. While both technologies offer data storage and management, blockchain has one unique feature a ...

The creator of Proof-of-Stake, Sunny King, has been working on a blockchain database cloud that has been dubbed the “supernode proof-of-stake” or SPoS. The project is designed to work in conjunction ...