ISBN: 1284231585 9781284231588

Category: Computers / Database Administration & Management

Page count: 682

Hear from Catherine M. Ricardo, PhD, on the importance of becoming a responsible steward of data in a world of big data!Databases Illuminated, Fourth Edition is designed to help students integrate theoretical material with practical knowledge, using an approach that applies theory to practical database implementation. The text helps students understand the difference between traditional database technology and the new directions created by big data, outlining motivation, fundamental concepts, technologies, and challenges associated with handling large datasets. Each new print copy includes Navigate eBook Access enabling you to read your digital textbook online or offline from your computer, tablet, or mobile device.Watch this video to preview Cloud Labs for Databases Illuminated. Available with new Cloud Labs, which provide immersive mock IT infrastructures where students can learn and practice foundational database management skills Expanded coverage of security issues such as SQL Injection with mitigation examples New coverage of blockchain databases and their applications Forward and reverse engineering of conceptual schemas from relational and object-relational schemasUpdated discussion of large-scale data models Expanded treatment of data warehouses and data analytics, including SQL analytic enhancementsExpanded discussion of big data and NoSQL, including MongoDB, and Neo4j Discussion of latest changes in SQL Standard Explanation and examples of new Oracle features including SQL for JSON data, SQL analytic functions, approximate query processing, and private temporary tablesDiscussion of new InterSystems Iris features for modeling object-oriented databases Updated discussion of social and ethical issues, including ethical use of social media, realistic examples of ethical dilemmas and a framework for ethical decision making, new professional standards for data professionals, data de-identification and new privacy legislation from an international perspective, and new intellectual property lawsMapping of latest curriculum standards in data science, computer science, information technology and information scienceEvery print text will now include a bound-in access code for the full-color eBook © 2023 | 682 pages