In this issue's column I'll be providing a fundamental introduction to database and database management concepts. Many of you may think that they understand the basic concepts and fundamentals of ...

Just as it's hard to imagine any small business existing today without a veritable fleet of personal computers, it's almost as hard to imagine any small business not maintaining some kind of database.

In the world of tech and innovation, there's a perception that new and disruptive technologies originate solely from a select group of tech elites in Silicon Valley. While this is an obvious ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The sale - which is expected to close in Q2 2008 - is designed ...

Database administration remains an important skill as organizations continue to store and access much of their data using a database management system. But what it means to be a DBA has changed over ...

Why external consistency is so important for a hard real-time database. Maintaining a transaction timeline. The impact of a transaction-scheduling policy. A real-time database-management system (DMBS) ...