Distributed database consistency models form the backbone of reliable and high-performance systems in today’s interconnected digital landscape. These models define the guarantees provided by a ...

“We want this to be the database of the future and to last for many decades to come,” Microsoft Technical Fellow Dharma Shukla told me when we talked about Cosmos DB, the new globally distributed ...

Through his rigorous research and commitment to education, Akaash Vishal Hazarika is not just solving today's problems, he is ...

The blockchain consensus mechanism based on improved distributed consistency and hash entropy has higher security, scalability and efficiency, and it is believed that it will play an important role in ...

Deep within the Cloud is a complex series of systems. There are trade-offs necessary to make everything work on a global scale, as Amazon CTO Werner Vogels illustrates. Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 ...

Prior to 2008, whatever your database question, the answer was always,“Oracle”—or sometimes, “MySQL” or, “SQL Server.” The relational database management system (RDBMS) model—really a triumvirate of ...

Imagine you want to withdraw some cash from an ATM. You expect it to show your account balance correctly and process your request quickly. However, network delays make it hard for the system to meet ...