In 1998, the FBI launched the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), a database that federally licensed gun dealers use to determine whether a prospective buyer is eligible to ...

All large organizations, and a whole lot of small ones, use databases. These tools keep names, dates, numbers and other tidbits of information neatly in order, organized into tables by common ...

The "data" part of the terms "data lake," "data warehouse," and "database" is easy enough to understand. Data are everywhere, and the bits need to be kept somewhere. But should they be stored in a ...

A 'picker' gathers items at Amazon's Fulfilment Centre in Peterborough, central England, on November 28, 2013. 'Cyber Monday' which falls this year on Monday December 2, 2013, is expected to be the ...

If you follow tech (which is a safe bet for any TNW reader), you’ve undoubtedly heard of SQL and MySQL. But, unless you’re an experienced programmer, there’s a very good chance that you don’t know ...

After writing a column searching for Linux alternatives to Microsoft’s low-end database, Access, I received some great replies. Many readers pointed out the limitations of Microsoft Access, and while ...