distributed databases

PingCAP, the open-source developer behind TiDB, closes $270 million Series D

PingCAP, the open-source software developer best known for NewSQL database TiDB, has raised a $270 million Series D. TiDB handles hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP), and is aimed at

With Cosmos DB, Microsoft wants to build one database to rule them all

"We want this to be the database of the future and to last for many decades to come," Microsoft's Dharma Shukla told me when we talked about Cosmos DB, the new globally distributed database the compan