Is it possible to replace Linux as the heart of serverless cloud computing services? That's exactly the intention of a startup consisting of developers from the open source Postgres database project ...

DBOS Inc., a new startup led by prominent computer scientists, launched today with $8.5 million in seed funding and an operating system designed to challenge Linux. Engine Ventures led the investment.

The free embedded database LMDB has reached version 1.0. It relies on memory mapping and MVCC for fast, transaction-safe data ...

The fundamental principle of cloud systems is a focus on multiple, disposable, and replaceable machines. This has direct consequences for the implementation techniques, and therefore the capabilities ...

Database technologies do not exist in isolation: Database architectures are heavily influenced both by the evolution of software applications, and by advances in computing hardware and operating ...

With cybersecurity threats on the rise and data breaches occurring almost every week, it’s natural to ask: What is the most secure operating system (OS)? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t ...