In the beginning, there were files. Later there were navigational databases based on structured files. Then there were IMS and CODASYL, and around 40 years ago we had some of the first relational ...

As cloud computing matures there’s no doubt that much more emphasis will be placed on the elasticity of the data deployed across global networks of cloud computing platforms. Today, what we have are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Big data for health care is one of the potential solutions to deal with the numerous challenges of health care, such as rising cost, aging population, precision medicine, universal health coverage, ...

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We suggest some pointers to guarantee the long-term storage, accessibility and reliability of international research data sets. Data owners, peer-reviewed journals, research institutes and ...