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How MongoDB’s In-Database Tech Simplifies and Speeds RAG Workloads

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is now an accepted part of the generative AI (GenAI) workflow and is widely used to feed custom data into foundation AI models. While RAG works, calls to outside tools can add complex Read more…

EDB Says It Tops Oracle, Other Databases in Benchmarks

EDB Postgres AI, the latest PostgreSQL-based database from EnterpriseDB (EDB), outperformed four other databases, including Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB, and MySQL, on a pair of benchmark tests that span SQL and NoSQL wor Read more…

Microsoft Open Sources Code Behind PostgreSQL-Based MongoDB Clone

Microsoft quietly last month unveiled DocumentDB, an open source NoSQL database that’s designed to be compatible with MongoDB. The project makes public the PostgreSQL-based technology behind the vCore-based Azure Cosmo Read more…

Aerospike Delivers Full Support for ACID Transactions

Aerospike has always been a fast database, capable of reading and writing huge amounts of data with very tight latencies. With today’s launch of Aerospike version 8, the NoSQL database company has completed its journey Read more…

MongoDB 8.0 Release Raises the Bar for Database Performance

MongoDB, a leading NoSQL database platform, has launched version 8.0, offering a substantial performance improvement over its predecessors. This new release introduces scalable solutions and enhanced security features, g Read more…

Don’t Believe the Big Database Hype, Stonebraker Warns

How we store and serve data are critical factors in what we can do with data, and today we want to do oh-so much. That big data necessity is the mother of all invention, and over the past 20 years, it has spurred an imme Read more…

Aerospike Nabs $109M to Grow Data Biz Turbocharged by AI

Aerospike is hoping to grow its business as fast as its customers are growing their data. And with today’s Series E round valued at $109 million, Aerospike has the capital to do just that, capturing more AI-linked work Read more…

Couchbase Bolsters GenAI Development with Vector Search, RAG

The latest release of the Couchbase database adds support for vector search, integration with Llamaindex and LangChain, and support for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques, all of which are designed to help c Read more…

Redis Delivers First Big Release Under New CEO Trollope

Redis today unleashed a torrent of new functionality in the database, including vector search, native triggers, and a built-in change data capture capability, among others. The features reflect priorities that new CEO Ro Read more…

FerretDB Provides Alternative to MongoDB

Developers that like the simplicity and ease-of-use of MongoDB but not the restrictive license may be interested in FerretDB, an open source NoSQL database that offers MongoDB compatibility by translating the database’ Read more…

The Future of Databases Is Now

Databases--those workhorses of data management--have come a long way over the past 10 years. Users no longer must accept the tradeoffs that were commonplace in 2013, and the array of features and capabilities in relation Read more…

Fauna Boosts Observability with Logs

Fauna this week unveiled the addition of logs to its globally distributed database service, which should give customers greater observability into how their queries are performing and help reduce cloud costs. Fauna’ Read more…

DataStax Adds Blockchain to Cloud NoSQL for Web3 Development

DataStax is giving users of its AstraDB cloud service free access to entire blockchains, starting with Ethereum, with the goal of making it easier for developers to create new Web3 applications. DataStax noticed that so Read more…

Progress Announces Plans to Acquire MarkLogic

Application development firm Progress has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire data management provider MarkLogic. The companies expect that upon the closing of this transaction, MarkLogic will Read more…

NoSQL Databases Gain Usability, Speed

NoSQL database vendors Aerospike and Couchbase this week unveiled new enhancements that accelerate the performance and accessibility of their offerings, as the NoSQL market continues to notch gains against the relational Read more…

Cassandra to Get ACID Transactions via New Accord Consensus Protocol

The next release of Apache Cassandra, the super-scalable NoSQL database backed by DataStax, will gain support for ACID transactions, thereby opening it up for more demanding use cases. The method that will enable transac Read more…

Derive Insights in Real-Time Using Data Visualization and Analytics

For enterprises to compete in an increasingly crowded and distributed market, it’s critical they understand that modern applications require both operational processing of transactions and interactions, along with real Read more…

DataStax Nabs $115 Million to Help Build Real-Time Applications

DataStax, the commercial vendor behind the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database, today announced that it has raised $115 million in a private equity round led by Goldman Sachs. The company says it will use the round to expand Read more…

MongoDB Targets Analytics with V6.0

MongoDB held its annual user conference this week, which means database customers have been inundated with new features and capabilities. Some of the most compelling enhancements unveiled at MongoDB World revolve around Read more…

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