Industry analyst and former IT executive Matt Kimball digs into the technical and operational details of Oracle's new Globally Distributed Autonomous Database.

Azure SQL Database includes the option to create active geo-replicas, which are geographically distributed secondary databases.

Oracle is releasing its Globally Distributed Autonomous Database, a fully managed Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) service that offers built-in, cutting-edge capabilities that redefine how ...

A distributed SQL database is “lightweight, portable and fast for the cloud, but still reliable and familiar so that application developers can use it for multiple workloads,” he added.

Yugabyte, the leader in open source distributed SQL databases, announced today the launch of Yugabyte University, a new education program designed to ...

Database as a Service is an emerging area of cloud computing. GenieDB wants to win in that market by offering a version of MySQL that provides continuous availability using a geographically ...

PostgreSQL users who were considering adopting a distributed NoSQL database like MongoDB or Cassandra to gain scalability benefits for big data may want to think twice about that approach following ...

While globally distributed databases are no longer rare, few of them offer a key capability for addressing data residency laws. Fauna is adding region groups that allow organizations to keep ...

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 ...

A key differentiator between TiDB and other MySQL-compatible databases is TiDB’s distributed architecture. MySQL is a 23-year-old technology that was never meant to work as a distributed system.