Voting Starts Now for the 2025 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards

It's time to vote for the annual Database Trends and Applications Readers' Choice Awards, a competition in which the winning information management solutions, products, and services are selected by you, the readers. The voting period will be open through Friday, May 30. Read More

Do You Really Need GenAI? Use Case Considerations at Data Summit 2025

David Seuss, CEO, Northern Light, led the Data Summit session, "Where, When, & Why to Use GenAI," considering the ways in which text analytics may pose greater value to many search use cases rather than GenAI. Read More

The Unpredictability of Tariffs Threatens Big Tech Progress: Q&A With ScaleFlux’s JB Baker

American political instability leading to monthly "will they, won't they" back and forth about tariffs, is looking to begin to affect the overall tech sector, potentially impacting the progress of AI advancements, upending data center operations, and semiconductor chips. For U.S. tech firms looking to sidestep the effect of tariffs and future-proof their infrastructure, homegrown innovation is crucial, believes JB Baker, vice president of products at ScaleFlux. Read More

IoT Fleet Management - Navigating the World of Connected Devices at Scale

When most people hear "fleet management," they immediately think of trucks, delivery vehicles, or rental cars being tracked and maintained by a central organization. Traditional fleet management involves tracking vehicle locations, monitoring driver behavior, scheduling maintenance, and optimizing routes—all to maximize operational efficiency and minimize costs across distributed physical assets. Read More

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Database Elaborations

Todd Schraml

The Supernatural Many-to-Many Relationship In the realm of data modeling, many-to-many relationships are often considered an "odd duck." Unlike one-to-one or one-to-many relationships, which can be directly implemented in physical database schemas, many-to-many relationships must remain in the abstract, the conceptual, the supernatural, and never the physical. This insubstantial nature makes them troublesome for greener data modelers.

DBA Corner

Craig S. Mullins

The Impact of Data Governance on Database Administration Data governance is transforming the world of business and IT as organizations increasingly acknowledge and embrace the importance of data in the modern world. And this transformation significantly impacts database administration. From regulatory compliance to data quality and security, DBAs must navigate an evolving landscape where effective data management is a key business priority. The rise of data governance introduces new responsibilities but also presents unique challenges that DBAs must address.

SQL Server Drill Down

Kevin Kline

The Smart Automation Playbook: Elevating SQL Server Performance As today's database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database management. When DevOps teams and DBAs combine effective automation with Microsoft SQL Server use, it allows organizations to experience better server monitoring and increase server performance while removing common hurdles to software development.

Emerging Technologies

Growing Tomorrow’s Leaders: How to Cultivate the Next Generation of Change-Makers In today's fast-evolving business landscape, leadership is no longer about traditional command and control. As the world shifts from classical methodologies to dynamic and modern practices, leaders must adapt, and so must their teams.

Next-Gen Data Management

Will AI Become Our Friend or Foe? Technology Professionals Weigh In. Picture this: there's a new face in the IT department, ready to step in to help tackle the increasingly complex challenges caused by modern hybrid on-prem and multi-cloud environments. Overstretched technology teams always appreciate an extra set of helping hands, but what happens when this new team member isn't human—but artificial intelligence (AI)?