databases

Oracle Introduces Autonomous Databases to Microsoft Azure Datacenters, Facilitating Enterprise Migration to the Cloud

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Oracle Introduces Autonomous Databases to Microsoft Azure Datacenters, Facilitating Enterprise Migration to the Cloud

Oracle has made its autonomous database available on Microsoft Azure, breaking down the barriers between cloud providers. This move allows companies to speed up application development and migrate on-premises workloads to the cloud. The technology is cost-effective and scalable, suitable for small to medium-sized businesses, and can handle various data types, making it ideal for … Read more

New Amazon Web Services Offering: High Memory U7i Instances on Amazon EC2 Ideal for Hosting Large In-Memory Databases

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New Amazon Web Services Offering: High Memory U7i Instances on Amazon EC2 Ideal for Hosting Large In-Memory Databases

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) has released the U7i instances, which were first previewed in re: Invent 2023. These instances boast up to 32 TiB of DDR5 memory and 896 vCPUs, running on custom 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids). These high-memory instances are ideal for in-memory databases like SAP HANA, Oracle, … Read more

Microsoft releases API Builder tool for Azure SQL databases in Visual Studio Magazine.

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Microsoft releases API Builder tool for Azure SQL databases in Visual Studio Magazine.

Microsoft has officially launched the Data API Builder (DAB), an open-source tool that provides REST and GraphQL endpoints for Azure databases after three years of development. The tool aims to simplify database access for developers by offering secure and feature-rich endpoints for modern platforms, languages, and devices. It integrates with Azure SQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, … Read more