We all understand that the human mind does not operate in a linear fashion. Despite this, people routinely rely on linearly arranged materials (reports, spreadsheets, articles, etc.) to review or study new information. Such materials are often organized into sections…
Today's application software runs in the complex environment of interdependent services connected in a network. Users don't even think about it and many software developers give networks little more consideration than electricity. Meanwhile... Processes, servers, NICs, switches, and local and wide…
An increasingly popular trend in IT and business intelligence is data analysis. At SlashDB, we celebrate this trend as it contributes to the rising awareness of data’s amazing capabilities. Data analysis tools allow for the construction of predictive models that…
SlashDB is proud to share the news that leading technologist and CTO of Amazon, Werner Vogels, recently posted an article on API technology that mirrors our own beliefs and technological developments. Vogels' article examines technology trends of 2016, specifically the…
Storing all of your data in one location also known as data warehousing sounds convenient – all of the information you need in a single location - but there are a number of downsides to an all-in-one-location set-up. At SlashDB…
Jim decided that Bret must be evil. Pure, unadulterated, taking-candy-from-a-laughing-baby evil. How else could you explain it? Only a man of malicious intent would put Jim into this position. He was sure that he had lapped the office at least…
This week at SlashDB we want to honor our computer science forebear, Dennis Ritchie, in our Flashback Friday blog series. Ritchie is the creator of the programming language C, which basically means he is the creator of digital life as…
This week at SlashDB we honor Grace Hopper as our Flashback Friday forebear. Hopper is one of the most accomplished and well-known computer scientists in history - having famously popularized the terms “bug” and “debugging” 1 we so often use…
We currently live in a world filled with technological possibilities. Computers and software like SlashDB help us in our daily lives by providing us with information, helping us track information, and storing information - streamlining our lives, allowing us to…
Influential technology management magazine CIOReview features two-page opinion piece from SlashDB's founder and CEO Victor Olex: "APIs as a Foundation for Systems of Engagement". Whereas cloud-to-cloud benefits of APIs have been covered at length elsewhere, Mr. Olex looks at APIs…