There are many ways to describe a database: the role it plays in a distributed architecture, the various internal components that make it work, and the various levels that define specific roles and ...

TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help with the ...

Having worked as a solution architect and designed multiple SaaS applications, I believe many companies have struggled to choose the right SaaS architecture for their product offering. In this article ...

In an era where data is a strategic asset, organizations often falter not because they lack data—but because their architecture doesn’t scale with their needs. Leaders must design data ecosystems that ...

Kevin Xu is general manager of global strategy and operations at PingCAP. TiDB is an open-source, cloud-native, MySQL-compatible distributed database that handles hybrid transactional and analytical ...

When it comes to business information, chief information officers (CIOs) and chief data officers (CDOs) are tasked with bringing order to chaos. As firms gather ever more data, they face both ...

We believe today’s so-called modern data stack, as currently envisioned, will be challenged by emerging use cases and artificial intelligence-infused apps that begin to represent the real world, in ...