Concise Guide to Databases A Practical Introduction /

• Main Authors: Lake, Peter. (Author), Crowther, Paul. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Data structures (Computer science).; Database management.; Information storage and retrieval.; Computer Science.; Database Management.; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

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 easy-to-read textbook/reference presents a comprehensive introduction to databases, opening with a concise h...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Databases in Context
• Data: An Organisational Asset
• The History of Databases
• Physical Storage and Distribution
• Part II: Database Types
• Relational: The Start of the Modern Era in Databases
• NoSQL: Column-Based and Document-Based Databases
• Big Data
• Object and Object-Relational
• In-Memory Databases
• Part III: What Database Professionals Worry About
• Scalability
• Availability
• Performance
• Security.