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Kids love coloring. They love being able to create something to remember. And they can learn new skills and develop creativity while coloring on the iPad. On the other hand, parents are happy when their children are spending time with educational tools – sometimes coloring keeps kids entertained for hours. Definitely a win-win situation. There’s no shortage in coloring apps on the market, but we believe we’ve created a very efficient and beautiful one that children will love and find […]

Our client wanted to create a visually engaging app that streams completely safe, parent-friendly cartoons (clips, full episodes, trailers, and features). It’s like creating a mobile entertainment channel for 3- to 8-year-old children that fits right into the palm of their hand. The Process The server side and the API for this application were provided by the customer. Our Mobile Development crew ported the app from iOS to Android. The app is optimized for tablet PCs and smartphones. To support […]

Today I decided to take a 10-minute walk around the office to see what my colleagues are doing. Can you imagine my surprise when I discovered that almost everyone was reading. I quickly turned on my camera and now you can see what sort of books make us tick. Natalie, DBA maven – Windows PowerShell 2.0 Best Practices by Ed Wilson. “This guide captures the field-tested tips, real-world lessons, and candid advice of practitioners across the range of business and technical scenarios and across the scripting life cycle.” […]

There are a lot of differences between Oracle and MS SQL Server and you will face many of them trying to move your database from one platform to another. If you use SSMA, which is a good thing to do, you can avoid huge amount of manual work, but you will have to solve some specific problems by yourself after SSMA job will be done. One of them can be raising errors from UDF, which you can easily do in […]

The Data Vault – What is it? – Why do we need it? (click to download) As mentioned in my last blog (Big Data & NoSQL Technologies) understanding and using the right tools for the job is essential.  Database systems and applications are no exception. For Big Data or Small Data, knowing and using the right data modeling and methodology is also critical. Today, business uses the Internet to make money yet harvesting the data in an efficient way often develops […]

On the SQL Server YouTube channel, Dmitry Balin (@dbalin), CEO and co-founder of DB Best Technologies, guides you through the new Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Migration Assistant (SSMA) that supports migration to SQL Server 2012. 22-minutes may be considered long for a video tour, but we’re in the big data space so it’s well worth your time.   The key points of the video:

Big Data & NoSQL Technologies (click to download) As a follow-up to my last blog (NoSQL .vs. Row .vs. Column) let’s take a closer look at Big Data and the emerging ‘NoSQL’ technologies in today’s marketplace.  As a refresher, two points to reiterate first: NoSQL means ‘Not Only SQL’, as opposed to ‘Not SQL’, as many perceive There are three main variations of NoSQL out there: Key Value Document Store Column Store It is these variants that we can now examine […]

Have you even heard Viva Hollandia and You Never Can Beat The Dutch? During the last week, the DB Best team in Kharkiv, Ukraine is having a great opportunity to learn all these songs while meeting thousands of Oranjefans – a crowd of the Netherlands National Football Team fans who travel around the world to support their favorite team – Oranje. During the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, Kharkiv hosts all 3 games where Oranje plays their opponents: Denmark (June 9), Germany (June 12) and Portugal (June 17). On […]

Click here to download this post as Word Document Document Storage Formats – An Introduction Document storage databases are all the buzz these days. Interestingly enough they are actually not a very recent invention. Already 20 years ago there were object oriented databases using the very same concepts. In this four part mini blog series I will take a bird’s eye view at the connection and relationships between object oriented databases, object stores, serialization and document storage. I will present […]

By now, you’ve probably heard about an upcoming SVForum’s Launch: Silicon Valley 2012 on June 5. Will you be there? You can meet our CEO Dmitry Balin with our social commerce platform – Pikaba (Pikaba.com), among specially selected startups launching their products in front of VCs, angels, executives, press and television. About SVForum The event, to be held at Microsoft’s Mountain View Campus, is designed to foster innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership within the Silicon Valley ecosystem of individuals and businesses participating in emerging technologies. Providing […]