Distributed transactions are one of the more powerful and important functions within SQL Server. A distributed transaction is just like any other transaction within the SQL Server database, with a ...

As companies choose the right database to build their services on for cloud-native services, the idea of a distributed database is a hot topic. Cockroach Labs Inc., which offers a distributed SQL ...

In the beginning, there were files. Later there were navigational databases based on structured files. Then there were IMS and CODASYL, and around 40 years ago we had some of the first relational ...

A Distributed SQL database, such as CockroachDB, delivers effortless and elastic cloud scale while guaranteeing transactions. It is a database that reimagines the execution and storage layers while ...

Flexible, expanding database services is the best solution for large-user-base companies that are scaling as they rapidly accelerate cloud and digital, says a database veteran. SkySQL and Xpand, the ...

The relational database management system (RDBMS) held a stranglehold on enterprise data management from the mid-1980s through to the mid-2000s. For 25 years the question was never “should I use a ...