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  • Running NuoDB in Docker - Part II

    Sep 16 2019
    Joe Leslie

    A demonstration of Scale-out, Continuous Availability, and Visual Monitoring

    RUNNING SQL TRANSACTIONS AT SCALE AND WITH CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY

    In a blog post earlier this year I outlined how to deploy the NuoDB database in Docker containers . To follow up on that, let's put NuoDB to the test. Your mileage will vary based on the available compute and disk storage used, but our

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  • Learn How To Power Your Critical Banking Apps In The Cloud

    Sep 12 2019
    Boris Bulanov

    While many enterprises are now ready to embrace cloud computing, they’ve struggled to move highly transactional systems of record to the cloud. For enterprises in regulated sectors such as banking and other financial services, there’s been a real challenge as they look for ways to move mission-critical OLTP SQL databases — and the applications that rely on them — to the cloud. Historically, relational SQL databases required single-server architectures, which made scaling

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  • NuoDB Analytics Using Zeppelin, SparkSQL, Python, and NuoSQL

    Aug 29 2019
    Simon Ambridge

    Apache Zeppelin is a completely open web-based notebook that enables interactive data analytics, data ingestion, data exploration, visualisation, sharing, and collaboration.

    This project will demonstrate how to run analytic queries and data visualisation against NuoDB using Zeppelin Notebooks with SparkSQL, Python, and NuoSQL.

    We will also set up basic authentication using Apache Shiro to control access to the notebooks that you create.

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  • 6 Change Drivers for Traditional Banks

    Aug 22 2019
    Simon Ambridge

    The Financial Services industry is in the midst of widespread disruption as they experience both phenomenal growth and unprecedented competition. What key change drivers are pushing this disruption? Will traditional financial service providers be able to keep up, or will disruptive competitors take the lead?

    Driver #1: APAC & MENA Coming In Strong

    In the past, North America and Europe may have been considered the homeland of financial institutions. However, as globalization increases and smartphones revolutionize access to the internet, this focus is shifting. Strengthening

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  • Delivering Cloud-native, Cloud-agnostic Distributed SQL Database with NuoDB 4.0

    Jul 29 2019
    Ariff Kassam

    Today I’m proud to announce the latest version of NuoDB's distributed SQL database, version 4.0. This latest release significantly expands on our cloud-native, cloud-agnostic capabilities and provides autonomous database management with always-on fault-tolerant database resiliency. Let’s walk through a few of our newest features, including:

    Cloud agnostic capabilities Cloud native offerings NuoDB Admin Security enhancements Indexing improvements Packaging updates Cloud Agnostic with Support for Multiple Clouds

    In addition to supporting Amazon Web Services, NuoDB is now

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  • Using Let’s Encrypt Certificates in NuoDB - A Step by Step Tutorial

    Jul 29 2019
    Martin Kysel
    Introduction

    This tutorial will walk you through the whole process of using free Let’s Encrypt certificates in NuoDB. First, we will create certificates using Let’s Encrypt as described in their documentation. Second, we will convert those certificates into various certificate formats that NuoDB processes require. At the end of this tutorial, we will show you what to look for in NuoDB log files and how to use TLS in the various TLS enabled database drivers.

    Acquiring a Signed Certificate

    The process of obtaining a

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  • Scale Out with NuoDB Community Edition

    Jul 28 2019
    Paul Chapman

    For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, NuoDB Community Edition (CE) is our free developer version of the NuoDB product. It’s for those looking to do research, deploy a database with a small project, or simply get started developing with our technology.

    One of the big advantages of using NuoDB is its ability to scale out . However, earlier versions of NuoDB Community Edition didn’t allow you to do

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  • Why Are Distributed Databases Perfect for Financial Services?

    Jul 11 2019
    Haidee LeClair

    Financial services firms have been on the leading edge of technology adoption for decades, starting with the pneumatic capsules you can use at drive-up bank windows to make deposits or withdrawals, followed by credit cards starting in 1950, and the automated teller machine in 1967. The innovations since then have only accelerated as technology has evolved.

    While many feel like we’ve been talking about

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  • How Distributed SQL Powers Your Enterprise Digital Transformation

    Jun 28 2019
    Haidee LeClair

    Software has become an increasingly critical driver for organizations large and small in every industry, and many you might not think of as software-driven organizations. Yet companies such as FedEx, Uber, and Ford all rely heavily on software applications. FedEx still delivers packages, but relies on software to do so - in fact, they created the first automated package shipping system for PCs , and enabled business-to-business transactions on their website in the mid-

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  • What Does Core Banking Technology Mean Today?

    Jun 26 2019
    Ariff Kassam

    Before the 1970s, and this is actually very hard to imagine today, it took at least a day for a transaction to register in a bank account, because each bank branch had its own servers. The data from each branch wasn’t synched until the end of the day, after all transactions had been completed. As mainframes and telecommunication capabilities became more available, banks were among the early adopters of these technologies, revolutionizing that paradigm.

    These changes created what we now refer to as core banking. Core (

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