Using table indexes in databases enables you to find information within the database faster and more efficiently than not using table indexes. The two index types that are commonly used in database ...

Indexes are fundamental to database performance, but too often, they’re treated as “set it and forget it” structures. As the data landscape evolves—with hybrid cloud deployments, real-time analytics, ...

Developers working with SQL Server often treat indexing as a DBA's domain--something happening "under the hood" that doesn't require much attention unless performance takes a hit. But ignoring the ...

Rockset Inc., the maker of a specialized cloud database for real-time analytics, today announced that it has closed a $40 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Greylock took part in the ...

Cloudant, the provider of a globally distributed “data layer as a service,” has announced upgrades to its cloud database service that include integrated, full-text indexing and search powered by ...

The fifth version of the leading native graph database has been released with additional features such as an Ops Manager and the ability to continuously provide updates to self-managed users. Neo4j, ...

New research of over 16 million webpages shows that Google indexing rates have improved but that many pages in the dataset were not indexed and over 20% of the pages were eventually deindexed. The ...

Rice University computer scientists are sending RAMBO to rescue genomic researchers who sometimes wait days or weeks for search results from enormous DNA databases. DNA sequencing is so popular, ...