Understanding the relationships in graph database theory allows us to work with the new 'shape' of data itself. Businesspeople like graphs. C-suite executives are fond of pie charts, Venn diagrams, ...

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Key-value, document-oriented, column family, graph, relational… Today we seem to have as many kinds of databases as there are kinds of data. While this may make choosing a database harder, it makes ...

Building a dependable database management system is no easy task. You need to understand what the design trade-offs in the construction of a database management system are and also how those ...

Facebook continues to pull back the curtain on some of the technical details behind its search products, this time with a new look at the Social Graph. The social network's latest reveal is about ...

When it comes to dating, everybody is highly motivated. So it is no surprise that the nerdy among us put their advanced knowledge to work when seeking out a mate. The most recent celebrated example is ...