Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help with the ...

The evolution of software architecture is contributing to increasing energy consumption.

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In an era where data is a strategic asset, organizations often falter not because they lack data—but because their architecture doesn’t scale with their needs. Leaders must design data ecosystems that ...

A headless data architecture means no longer having to coordinate multiple copies of data and being free to use whatever processing or query engine is most suitable for the job. Here’s how it works.

CockroachDB was intended to be a global database from the beginning. The founders of Cockroach Labs wanted to ensure that data written in one location would be viewable immediately in another location ...