IT departments will get two new database options in the next week, with Oracle Corp. and IBM Corp. each refreshing their data management platforms. IBM, in Armonk, N.Y., announced on Friday DB2 UDB ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput. Wondering ...

Regular readers know that I periodically discuss database performance issues and that I always like to start with a definition of database performance, that I will reiterate here: If you need ...

Let's break down performance metrics, cost considerations, and the ever-changing best practices of cloud storage and database solutions. I recently finished a project doing some evaluation of various ...

A decade and a half ago, when Dennard scaling ran out of gas and many of us were starting to first think about what the end of Moore’s Law might look like should that day ever come, a bunch of us were ...

NetWare is often held up as the best x86 platform for file and print, due to its architecture. For example: stripped-down kernel, cooperative multitasking and protocol optimization for network file ...

I’m having ‘Sixth Sense’ moments when I see dead databases walking. With GenAI poised to eat your data for lunch, it’s time to fix performance problems. “My cloud application is slow,” is a common ...

The thick client is making a comeback. Here’s how next-generation local databases like PGlite and RxDB are bringing ...