Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...

Today’s applications—including enterprise applica­tions—need to be always on and always available and often must serve a global base of users who expect almost instantaneous response times regardless ...

Google today announced the beta launch of Cloud Spanner, a new globally distributed database service for mission-critical applications. Cloud Spanner joins Google’s other cloud-based database services ...

Cloudflare claims that its new serverless database will reduce data transfer fees and latency for developers when compared to rival databases from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and ...