What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

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With the aid of atomic clocks, GPS receivers and some of the most esteemed figures in computer science, Google has crafted a planet-spanning distributed database. Google published information about ...

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A comprehensive database optimization framework integrating connection pooling, distributed caching, and multi-layer encryption achieves ...

pgEdge Distributed PostgreSQL offers low latency and ultra high availability for applications running at or near the network edge and across cloud regions For application developers and database ...

Doing performance tuning on distributed systems is no joking matter. It’s much more complicated than on a single node server, and bottlenecks can pop up anywhere, from system resources in a single ...

NuoDB, a Cambridge, Mass.-based database company that specializes in distributed database management, today announced that it has raised a $14.2 million funding round led by Europe’s second-largest ...

Company sees the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and work-from-home demands as accelerating demand for distributed, cloud-native IT. Cockroach Labs, developer of enterprise-class distributed SQL database ...