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The coolest database system companies of the 2026 Big Data 100 include ClickHouse, Couchbase, EDB, MariaDB, MongoDB, Neo4j, ...

For decades, organizations have approached data architecture with a monolithic mindset—centralized platforms, complex codebases and rigid structures. While these systems were built with the noble goal ...

There are many ways to describe a database: the role it plays in a distributed architecture, the various internal components that make it work, and the various levels that define specific roles and ...

TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help with the ...

Enterprises racing to deploy generative AI often focus on models. In practice, outcomes depend on how well organizations ...

Businesses are racing to harness sprawling data across multiple cloud platforms. Ashitosh Chitnis stands at the forefront of this movement—an architect of scalable, enterprise-grade data solutions ...

In an era where data is a strategic asset, organizations often falter not because they lack data—but because their architecture doesn’t scale with their needs. Leaders must design data ecosystems that ...

When it comes to business information, chief information officers (CIOs) and chief data officers (CDOs) are tasked with bringing order to chaos. As firms gather ever more data, they face both ...

Healthcare organizations are awash in data. But not every health system is able to utilize its data in ways that yield actionable insights or opportunities for performance improvement. Without a clear ...