Two zero-day flaws in the form of a denial of service (DoS) issue in .NET and an elevation of privilege (EoP) issue in SQL Server top the agenda for security teams in Microsoft’s latest monthly Patch ...

Abstract: Querying data managed by database systems has been one of the most challenging tasks for database users. To bridge this gap, numerous interfaces have been developed with very different ...

Principled Technologies (PT) testing showed vSphere Kubernetes Service sustained more throughput and lower latency for a Kafka workload without adding overhead. PALO ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the absence of standardized evaluation methodologies for hybrid workloads in real-time data warehouse by proposing EABF (ETL-Aware Benchmarking Framework), a novel ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

OLAP, the abbreviation of Online Analytical Processing, queries and computes data and returns a result in real-time. Its application covers report viewing, data query, multidimensional analysis and ...

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Google has updated its managed database service — Spanner — with a new columnar engine to help enterprises run complex analytical queries on real-time transactional data for better decision-making.

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...

We’re excited to announce a new migration capability in Azure Arc to simplify and accelerate SQL Server migration. This new capability, now generally available, is powered by Azure Database Migration ...

At Build 2025, SQL Server 2025 officially entered public preview. As one of the world’s most popular databases, this release continues a decades-long history of innovation with features made for ...