According to Wikipedia, MariaDB is a community-developed, commercially supported fork of the Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), intended to remain free and open-source software under the GNU GRP. Development was led by some of the original developers of MySQL, who forked it due to concerns over its acquisition by Oracle Corporation. Creating a MariaDB database in Azure is an easy…
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My childhood was very comfortable, my parents made sure we had everything we need to grow up well. But I know how difficult sometimes it was for them to be able to provide. For our family, financial situation always had crests and troughs. In the end, everything turned out to be good as my parents planned well. Having them as…
MySQL is an open source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL). Azure Database for MySQL is a managed service that allows users to deploy, manage, and scale highly available MySQL databases on Azure. Creating a MySQL database in Azure is an easy process as described below: 1. Open your Azure portal and click on “Create a resource”…
PostgreSQL (fun fact: pronounced as “post-gress-Q-L”) is an open source relational database management system (DBMS) developed by a worldwide team of volunteers. PostgreSQL, just like any other open source software, is not controlled by any corporation or other private entity. The source code for PostgreSQL is available for free for anyone. Azure PostgreSQL is fully managed database as a service offering capable…
Using Azure, you can create a SQL Database in just a few seconds without having to worry about setting up the infrastructure or any related software. Additionally, Azure SQL databases allow you to connect using your preferred operating system, and programming language such as ADO.NET, Java, PHP, Node.js, Python, and Ruby. You can easily create an SQL Database on Azure…
Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, multi-model database service that is versatile and supports document, key-value, wide-column, and graph databases. If you would like to learn more about Azure Cosmos DB, please read my post on Azure Cosmos DB. Creating an Azure Cosmos DB can be done in multiple ways based on what technology you are using to build…
Azure Cosmos DB is a product that Microsoft built from scratch to differentiate itself from the other cloud providers. Through Azure Cosmos DB, Microsoft wants to enable its Azure users scale horizontally with global distribution. It allows for global distribution across any number of Azure regions by scaling and replicating data wherever the consumption is from. Users will be able…
The obvious first question to be answered by a post that has a title like this one is “What is cloud computing?”. I’ll answer the question but using two analogies: Analogy 1: This is not my analogy but is popular. Nicholas Carr, the author of Big Switch uses the analogy of utility power to explain cloud computing. Using cloud computing…
Good question! I love technology, I love nature, I love long drives, and I love making people smile. I write this blog to share about what I learn every day.
I’m 23 years old but my life started 45 years ago. If you are wondering how? Exactly 45 years ago God sent someone down here for me. Yes, it’s my Mother or as I believe her – The God next to God. My personality has been (and is still being) carved out from childhood only being inspired by her. There…