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 ...

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Enterprise IT continues to demand security, reliability, and compliance—especially in highly regulated industries including banking, government, healthcare, transportation and retail, where these ...

A new MariaDB storage engine provides distributed SQL and massive scalability with a shared nothing architecture, fully distributed ACID transactions, and strong consistency As information and ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yugabyte, the leading open source distributed SQL database company, today announced the speaker lineup for its fourth annual Distributed SQL Summit (DSS) on ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & HELSINKI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MariaDB® Corporation today announced the general availability of MariaDB Platform X5, a comprehensive open source database solution delivering 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 ...

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PingCAP, the creator of the distributed SQL database TiDB, today announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the adoption of ...

Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...