Concise Guide To Databases (2 ed)

Modern businesses depend on data for their very survival, creating a need for sophisticated databases and database technologies to help store, organise, and transport their valuable data.

This updated and expanded, easy-to-read textbook/reference presents a comprehensive introduction to databases, opening with a concise history of databases and of data as an organisational asset. As relational database management systems are no longer the only database solution, the book takes a wider view of database technology, encompassing big data, NoSQL, object and object-relational, and in-memory databases. Presenting both theoretical and practical elements, the new edition also examines the issues of scalability, availability, performance, and security encountered when building and running a database in the real world.

Topics and features:

• Presents review and discussion questions at the end of each chapter, in addition to skill-building, hands-on exercises
• Provides new material on database adaptiveness, integration, and efficiency in relation to data growth
• Introduces a range of commercial databases and encourages the reader to experiment with these in an associated learning environment
• Reviews use of a variety of databases in business environments, including numerous examples
• Discusses areas for further research within this fast-moving domain