Object-oriented databases play nicely with object-oriented programming languages. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data ...

JSON is the leading data interchange format for web applications and more. Here’s what you need to know about JavaScript Object Notation. JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a format used to ...

A database that is managed by an object-oriented database management system (ODBMS). Object databases are closely aligned with a particular object-oriented programming language and enable the data ...

But S3 is fundamentally storage of data objects accessed via HTTP verbs and REST API, so it’s quite possible for any supplier to offer access in a compatible fashion.

Java Data Objects (JDO) is a standardized persistence framework that differs from JPA primarily by supporting persistence logic in the object, and by its longstanding support for working with non ...

The heart of any relational database management system is the system catalog that documents the database objects and system settings being used. The system catalog offers a wealth of information about ...

With object storage, you can’t get to any blocks and bytes within the object, as you can with Posix-based systems, such as to access data within a database.