One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record, the ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with ...

Qubole, a big data-as-a-service company, is open sourcing its Quark platform, a cost-based SQL optimizer. The Quark project is also available in a SaaS implementation via the Qubole Data Service (QDS) ...

When it comes to implementing a big data strategy in a Microsoft SQL Server shop, you’re generally going to consider one of three strategies. In the first strategy, which I won’t be addressing today, ...

The patent was announced today by Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the world's largest company focused on big data analytics, data warehousing and integrated marketing management, which acquired ...

The biggest feature in the SQL Server 2019 preview launched at Ignite is SQL Server Big Data clusters. Travis Wright, Microsoft's principal program manager for SQL Server, explains exactly what this ...

In the birth of the Big Data revolution, first there was Apache Hadoop, leveraging the batch-oriented MapReduce processing engine and scale-out NoSQL databases. Ever since, the technology has been ...

PySpark development is now fully supported in Visual Studio Code. Through an extension built for the aforementioned purpose, users can run Spark jobs with SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters. Last week, ...

Another interesting session I attended at the PASS Summit in Seattle was one concerning dealing with VLDBs in SQL Server. It was called “Big Data – Working with Terabytes in SQL Server” presented by ...

Microsoft on Monday revealed that hospitals and other IT shops should expect the next generation of its database to be available on June 1. Dubbed SQL Server 2016, the forthcoming iteration brings a ...