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use of databases: analytics and ai/ml workloads on kubernetes rose significantly in 2022
October 21, 2022February 14, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article

More Database, Analytics Workloads Ran on Kubernetes in 2022

More than three in four participants in the new Data on Kubernetes survey now acknowledge the use of databases on Kubernetes, up from 50% in 2021.

Active contributors to different open source database projects: 2011-2020
March 4, 2021February 14, 2025Published in The New Stack Update, Snippet of The New Stack article

ClickHouse Rapidly Rivals Other Open Source Databases in Active Contributors

A robust number of developers are working on projects at key junctures of the new data pipeline.

Database Adoption Varies Based on Who Usually Selects DB Tech for New Applications
October 28, 2020February 14, 2025Snippet of The New Stack article

Enterprise Database Selection Most Often Led by System Architects

Architects usually choose the database technology used for new applications at 41% of organizations according to Percona’s “2020 Open Source Data Management Software Survey”. Developers make these decisions at 26% of organizations.

November 10, 2017August 4, 2025No longer on TNS site

DevOps for the Database

Most surveys show that a majority of enterprises have at least started their journey to DevOps adoption. The specifics of DevOps adoption depend on how it is defined and measured. Just looking at continuous delivery (CD) and automation, a survey from DBMaestro of 224 IT professionals in […]

35% of SQL Server pros are building DB deployments scripts, but 52% are responsible for actual changes
February 11, 2017August 4, 2025Published in The New Stack Update

Need Database DevOps

Remember why DevOps came into existence? A recent survey of SQL Server users by Redgate proves once again there is a disconnect between those creating and managing production applications. Although 60 percent of developers write scripts to deploy databases, only 39 percent are actually responsible for the […]

What do you use for caching?
September 16, 2016February 14, 2025Published in The New Stack Update

What is Redis?

If you think of Redis first and foremost as a database, then you are probably not a Node.js developer. According to a RisingStack survey, 49 percent of Node.js developers use Redis for caching, 37 percent as a database and 2 percent as a messaging system. In other […]

Databases for cloud-based applications
September 9, 2016February 14, 2025Published in The New Stack Update

DBaaS – Surprise, the Big Three Cloud Providers Lead

A recent survey found that almost half of respondents still prefer to run databases inside a virtual machine — 30 percent said they would rather utilize a Database as a Service (DBaaS) offering. When conducting their own research, DBaaS provider Tesora found that the most important criteria for DBaaS […]

August 26, 2016August 5, 2025No longer on TNS site

Serverless and Distributed Database Services are Besties Now

Momentum towards distributed databases will be bolstered by the current move towards “serverless” technologies. In particular, database-as-a-services like Amazon DynamoDB are being utilized by developers of microservices. Also, MongoDB offerings are poised to benefit because Node.js is supported by many serverless providers. For industry insiders, serverless is […]

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