Concise Guide to Databases

A Practical Introduction

Peter Lake, Paul Crowther (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

307 Seiten

2013 | 2013 ed.
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4471-5600-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This easy-to-read textbook/reference presents a comprehensive introduction to databases, opening with a concise history of databases and of data as an organisational asset. As relational database management systems are no longer the only database solution, the book takes a wider view of database technology, encompassing big data, NoSQL, object and object-relational and in-memory databases. The text also examines the issues of scalability, availability, performance and security encountered when building and running a database in the real world. 
Topics and features: presents review and discussion questions at the end of each chapter, in addition to skill-building, hands-on exercises; introduces the fundamental concepts and technologies in database systems, placing these in an historic context; describes the challenges faced by database professionals; reviews the use of a variety of database types in business environments; discusses areas for further research within this fast-moving domain.

Autor

Peter Lake is Course Leader for the Oracle IT&M MSc and the IT Professional MSc at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. His other Springer publications include the successful Guide to Cloud Computing. Paul Crowther is Head of Postgraduate (taught programmes) in the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Inhalt

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.12.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
• Reihe/Serie: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
• Zusatzinfo: 113 Illustrations, black and white; XIX, 307 p. 113 illus.
• Verlagsort: England
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 4978 g
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Algorithmen
• ISBN-10: 1-4471-5600-5 / 1447156005
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4471-5600-0 / 9781447156000
• Zustand: Neuware