Everyone talks about “best practices” but what exactly are they? A "best practice" is a professional procedure or tactic that is accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective. Take a ...

From security musts and indexing gotchas to replication and sharding tips, follow these essential dos and don’ts to make the most of your MongoDB database systems. MongoDB is a non-relational document ...

The traditional practices of database management are being rapidly outgrown by organizations increasing their adoption of cloud services and automation. While these businesses are feverishly reaching ...

As Oracle prepares to dump a passel of 81 security fixes on its user base -- including seven critical patch updates (CPUs) for its database product -- many database administrators are preparing to ...

Organizations that use prepackaged ERP/CRM, custom, and third-party applications are seeing their production databases grow exponentially. At the same time, business policies and regulations require ...

The data management discipline known as data integration (DI) has undergone an impressive expansion over the last decade. Today it has reached a critical mass of multiple techniques used in diverse ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. In my opinion, one of the most reputable organizations providing credentials is Google, and one ...