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Database Denormalization Can Help Boost Query Performance
Database normalization and denormalization is one of the most discussed and debated topics ([1], [2], [3]).    In a nutshell, “normalization is eliminating redundant data (for example, storing the same data in more than one table) and ensuring data dependencies make sense (only storing related data in a table).”   [...]

On Friday I attended the second New England Database Day at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an all day conference-style event where participants mostly from the research community in the New England area came together to present ideas and discuss their research.
The conference format included two keynote talks, a single track of six technical session [...]

Last weekend I attended OpenSQL Camp, which was held November 14-16 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Among about 100 attendees from many countries were open source legends and community leaders, database product architects, developers, hackers, consultants, bloggers, and DBAs.
Open SQL Camp was a great success and a pleasure to attend. It was truly an [...]