Tag: Cassandra

A database is an organised collection of data that is generally stored and accessed electronically from a computer system. There are numerous databases that...

MongoDB, HBase and Cassandra are the buzz words in the database domain. All three have their strong points and their failings. The author gives...

ScyllaDB is the next-generation Apache Cassandra compatible database. Its user list of IBM, Zenly, Snapfish, AdGear, etc, is in itself a testament to its...

  Every business organisation, right from a startup to a multinational company, strives to gain actionable insights from their data. The preference is to have...

  This article introduces readers to the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database, and provides them with use cases for which it is suitable. Apache Cassandra is a...

This article explores Apache Cassandra, an open source distributed database management system that is capable of handling large amounts of data across many servers...

Let's take a brief look at the challenges for next-generation databases. In the previous article we discussed that as data volumes grow towards the peta-scale...

We take a look at the directions in which databases are evolving, driven by the twin factors of the "Cloud" and "Big Data". Let's...

Aimed at Web developers, DBAs, programmers, et al., this article covers the basic concepts about NoSQL databases, the different types and their features. When you...