This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is an object-oriented Database? An object oriented database manages objects ...

The vast swathes of unstructured data that now reside in the cloud has changed the nature of information technology in many ways. One of the more significant is that it has led to the widespread use ...

Any data that does not fall into the traditional field structure (alpha, numeric, dates) of a relational DBMS. Examples of complex data types are bills of materials, word processing documents, maps, ...

Things break and the DBA must be prepared for situations where a failure impacts the availability, integrity, or usability of a database. Reacting to failures and service disruptions is a key ...

Whenever you use PowerShell, whether it is querying data or making a change to some configuration or existing object, you are working with different types of objects. You may not be aware of it ...