Ebook: Concise Guide to Databases A Practical Introduction

Part I: Databases in Context -- Data: An Organisational Asset -- The History of Databases -- Physical Storage and Distribution -- Part II: Database Types -- Relational: The Start of the Modern Era in Databases -- NoSQL: Column-Based and Document-Based Databases -- Big Data -- Object and Object-Relational -- In-Memory Databases -- Part III: What Database Professionals Worry About -- Scalability -- Availability -- Performance -- Security.