Meet Stargate, DataStax’s GraphQL for databases. First stop – Cassandra
A flexible API is key to database accessibility and developer friendliness today. Cassandra was lacking in that department, and DataStax is trying to address this with the release of a new API layer called Stargate.
Read More →Single point of control, database security as a service: jSonar gets $50 million funding from Goldman Sachs
Why would Goldman Sachs invest a hefty amount into a previously little known company working on something unsexy like database security?
Read More →Another globally distributed cloud native SQL database on the rise: Yugabyte Raises $30 million in Series B Funding
Your good old on-premise SQL database is in terminal decline. Being a pure-play open-source cloud-native PostgreSQL, while offering Apache Cassandra and GraphQL interfaces, is what you need, says Yugabyte.
Read More →Open source database ScyllaDB 4.0 promises Apache Cassandra, Amazon DynamoDB drop-in replacement
ScyllaDB has made a name for itself as a fast drop-in replacement for Apache Cassandra. Now it ups the ante, offering Amazon DynamoDB compatibility and new features, promising superior performance, lower total cost of ownership and no vendor lock-in
Read More →A Gmail for databases: CockroachDB aims for the top, stocks up with $86.6M new funding
Stay-at-home means more remote work and more online business globally. Global business online means a global database makes more sense, and Cockroach DB is making a play for a bigger piece of a growing pie
Read More →Open source PostgreSQL on steroids: Swarm64 database acceleration software for performance improvement and analytics
Take the 4th most popular database in the world. Make it run 20 times faster, lower costs by 70%, use it for analytics, time series, and data warehousing workloads. This is what Swarm64 database acceleration software promises
Read More →Make Apache Cassandra great again: DataStax going cloud, Kubernetes, open source, and multi-model
Actions and words, code and advocacy. DataStax is changing strategy, re-engaging with the Apache Cassandra open source community, and releasing some interesting technical advancements while at it, too.
Read More →Business intelligence, meet graph. Neo4j introduces BI connector for data discovery tools
Mixing graph and relational data is now even more accessible. What does this mean for analytics, and for graph databases specifically?
Read More →Amazon and commercial open source in the cloud: It’s complicated
What do the data tell us about the relationship between cloud vendors — specifically, Amazon and commercial open source vendors?
Read More →Redis Labs goes Google Cloud, Graph, and other interesting places
Redis becomes available on Google Cloud Platform today, and we take the opportunity to explore its graph-shaped future, its community, and its licensing issues.
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