Relational Cloud Project
The Relational Cloud project is an MIT-based effort to investigate technologies and challenges related to Database-as-a-Service within cloud-computing.
The Relational Cloud project is an MIT-based effort to investigate technologies and challenges related to Database-as-a-Service within cloud-computing.
This paper from the MIT makes the case for “databases as a service” (DaaS), with two target scenarios in mind: consolidation of data management functionality for large organizations outsourcing data management to a cloud-based service provider for small/medium organizations
At the recent MySQL Conference Razi Sharir sat down with Robert Scoble from Building43 to discuss Xeround’s cloud database solution. Video Producer: http://www.building43.com/
This article provides an architectural overview of SQL Azure Database, compares it with SQL Server and describes how you can use SQL Azure to augment your existing on-premises data infrastructure or as your complete database solution.
SQL Azure can take away a great deal of the maintenance work from a hosted database-driven website. However it isn’t perfect for backups. This article explains how to perform simple database backups with SQL Azure.
This simple tutorial will help you get started to install your own two-node Hadoop cluster.
Windows Azure storage represents somewhat of a step change in how to store data in a cloud scale applications. This video provides the theory and practice of working with Windows Azure Storage. It examines the specifics of Blob storage including deep information on the Windows Azure CDN and the Drives …
In this blog post, Lori MacVittie discusses the architecture aspect of Database as a service.