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A NoSQL Database in Easy Mode

February 12, 2020

We like to talk a lot about bundled transactions, ACID data integrity, and high performance. In this article, you get a peek under the hood of the database layer of your application to see how it works in real-time. RavenDB Core Developer Michael Yarichuk goes step by step in connecting a RavenDB Document Database to an application and performs…

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Keeping Our New Year’s Resolution: A Lean Database for 2020

January 27, 2020

In a recent survey, 57% of New Year’s Eve partygoers said that losing weight is their resolution for 2020. You have to admire their persistence; they made the promise in 2016. At RavenDB, that was also our resolution for 2016. We renewed our pledge to stay lean for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. Can a database lose weight? Can your…

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Finding The Best NoSQL Database for Your Project

January 19, 2020

Veteran software architect Szymon Warda at IndexOutOfRange compares MongoDB to RavenDB to find the best fit for his latest project. He is looking for a NoSQL Document Database that meets the following standards: It has to handle a versatile load of heavy computations and background calculations.There has to be a reasonable learning curve. He…

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The Best Database is The Most Boring Ever

January 19, 2020

For 2020 and beyond, developers should use a NoSQL document database that leaves them nothing to do. When my marketing manager heard our goal for 2020, his jaw dropped to the floor. An application is like a body. There are parts, like the face, the muscles or body frame that you want others to notice. There are other parts, like the brain,…

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Microservices Architecture – A Little History

November 20, 2019

The first microservices architecture didn’t come from a server, a virtual machine, or over countless instances on the cloud. The first microservices architecture in modern history didn’t even take place on a computer. It was on the assembly line. The revolution in productivity the assembly line enabled originated from solving the same…

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New Cloud Features that Make your Life Easier

November 13, 2019

“I just put my application up in the cloud. Something went wrong, now I have to take it down. It’s so complicated it feels like I have to get an airplane up there to touch it. Boy, when they say cloud they really mean cloud. My platform told me that installation and management would be easy as pie. I am thinking great, apple, pecan, pumpkin… I…

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A Cloud DBaaS that Predicts And Cuts Costs

November 4, 2019

The primary goal in using any DBaaS or SaaS tool is to cut costs. The challenge is to anticipate your next database cloud bill. RavenDB Cloud helps you accomplish both. According to Gartner, the average project saves 16% by migrating to the cloud. The primary reason projects migrate is to lower their costs by meeting or exceeding this…

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Transforming Data Modeling Standards

October 29, 2019

Trapped in the 60s: How our View on Data is Holding us Back Woodstock was the marquis event of the 1960s, just like SQL was its marquis technology. They tried to revive the magic for Woodstock 50 in 2019 but the event was cancelled before they were able to sell a single ticket. There are simply some things you just gotta let go. If we…

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The Big Trends in Databases Today

October 23, 2019

As data evolves, so do the needs today’s businesses have for their databases. The first trend is the need for proper edge processing. The Internet of Things and Mobile revolution has enabled billions of devices to pick up new forms of data in places never seen before. Data is being picked up at the bottom of the ocean, it is being picked up at…

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