Distributed transactions are one of the more powerful and important functions within SQL Server. A distributed transaction is just like any other transaction within the SQL Server database, with a ...

The introduction of increased transactional capability into non-relational databases makes sense-in the same way that providing SQL layers on top of Hadoop and many other non-relational stores makes ...

Modern relational databases need to handle multiple transactions simultaneously (via a process known as Online Transaction Processing – OLTP).

ACID, though, doesn't matter much when you're just reading data for analysis. And the database locks that SQL databases use to protect database consistency in transactions can get in the way.

These SQL relational databases offer both horizontal scalability and support for ACID transactions—some on a global scale ...

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale.

Via a 7.0 upgrade, Couchbase is adding support for multi-statement SQL transactions to reduce database costs.

Here’s the fix: Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing Cloud now lets you order up a powerful, scalable Oracle database tuned for transaction processing that’s ready to use in minutes.

Distributed transactions are one of the more powerful and important functions within SQL Server. A distributed transaction is just like any other transaction within the SQL Server database, with a ...