Ultimately, every problem in the constantly evolving IT software stack becomes a database problem, which is why there are 418 different databases and datastores in the DB Engines rankings and there ...

DBOS Inc., a new startup led by prominent computer scientists, launched today with $8.5 million in seed funding and an operating system designed to challenge Linux. Engine Ventures led the investment.

In today’s enterprise environments, data no longer functions as a record of what has happened. It operates as a live s ...

It is a pretty bold claim for anyone to call themselves the creator of the operating system for AI. Many have done it, but because of the architectural focus shifting away from raw compute and towards ...

The fundamental principle of cloud systems is a focus on multiple, disposable, and replaceable machines. This has direct consequences for the implementation techniques, and therefore the capabilities ...

The actual definition of real-time database versus the abused interpretation used by marketers of real fast database systems. The interplay of transient and persistent memory, and hard and soft ...

Operating systems are the backbone of computing, coordinating hardware, software, memory, and storage so everything works seamlessly. They manage processes, allocate memory, organize file systems, and ...

Looking for non-Linux open-source options? From ghosts of past operating systems to fascinating works in progress, here are ...

The push toward disaggregation and customization in hardware is starting to be mirrored on the software side, where operating systems are becoming smaller and more targeted, supplemented with ...