A data modeler should abstract where necessary; and for the database model, “necessary” means when certain organizational objects are fluid or will change, or perhaps when business folks are still ...

PHP always lacked an out-of-box library for database abstraction, but only until the advent of PDO (PHP Data Objects). PDO earlier existed as a PEAR package (plugin libraries for PHP).

DevOps that have worked well in other areas of information technology can’t hack it in big data, according to Ash Munshi (pictured), chief executive officer of Pepperdata Inc. “While agile and ...