Tag: SQL vs. NoSQL
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Why Volt is the OLTP Data Platform of Choice
Read more: Why Volt is the OLTP Data Platform of ChoiceA lot of companies use Volt Active Data for classic Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), but why would you pick Volt as an OLTP data platform and how would a Volt-based OLTP data platform differ from other data platforms in its handling of OLTP?…
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The Changing Landscape of Databases in Financial Services
Read more: The Changing Landscape of Databases in Financial ServicesFor decades, relational databases was the de-facto choice for financial service companies, until the 2000s where systems started to face challenges with scalability and availability as the amount of data being processed and consumed shaped how companies conducted their business. NoSQL databases…
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FoundationDB’s Lesson: A Fast Key-Value Store is Not Enough
Read more: FoundationDB’s Lesson: A Fast Key-Value Store is Not EnoughThe sale and subsequent closure of FoundationDB cut short something of a grand experiment. FoundationDB, conceived as a Key-Value store, had decided to add flexibility in the form of programming and query-model “Layers” on top of its core KV store. First up…