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A brief introduction to JSON, document stores and supported values

by RonanOConnor on July 17, 2017 in Data & Analytics, Top Articles

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a popular lightweight data-interchange format, based on the object-literal notation of JavaScript. It is programming-language neutral but uses conventions from various languages. Easy...

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A new replicator for Apache CouchDB & IBM Cloudant

by Cloudant Engineering Team on June 16, 2017 in Data & Analytics

Apache CouchDB's replication protocol enables users to build Progressive Web Applications with Offline Sync. Today we’re proud to announce the release of our new IBM...

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Offline First Heads to Europe for Offline Camp Berlin

by RonanOConnor on January 26, 2017 in Data & Analytics

Offline Camp is coming to Berlin, April 28 – May 1. Register today to join fellow Offline First and CouchDB enthusiasts for an "unconference"-style retreat.

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Apache CouchDB 2.0 is here!

by Douglas Flora on September 22, 2016 in Data & Analytics, Top Articles

This week, the Apache Software Foundation announced the long-awaited release of Apache® CouchDB™ 2.0, which brings vastly improved scalability, as well as performance and UI...

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PODCAST: Open source stories from ApacheCon North America

by Douglas Flora on May 25, 2016 in News

The New Builders podcast covers this year's ApacheCon, where Apache leaders and industry speakers discuss the many benefits of open source projects.

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Understanding Mango View-Based Indexes vs. Search-Based Indexes

by Tony Sun on November 18, 2015 in Data & Analytics

Mango allows users to declaratively define and query Apache CouchDB indexes, and is the open source library that powers Cloudant Query in IBM Cloudant.

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Enable Full Text Search in Apache CouchDB

by Robert Kowalski on October 20, 2015 in Data & Analytics, News

IBM Cloudant has open sourced our Search stack, which powers the Apache® Lucene™ integration that comprises Cloudant’s full-text search system. In this article we will...

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Open-Sourcing IBM Cloudant’s CouchDB Search Integration with Lucene

by Robert Newson on July 29, 2015 in Data & Analytics

IBM Cloudant is open-sourcing the code behind our full-text search system, comprising our Apache CouchDB™-based service and Apache Lucene™ search.

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Building a Cloudant Cluster of Raspberry Pis

by Glynn Bird on March 9, 2015 in Data & Analytics, News

We built an IBM Cloudant cluster of Raspberry Pis - no software to install, no drivers required, no SQL!

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Choosing the Right Geospatial Index Type

by Norman Barker on July 31, 2014 in Data & Analytics

Learn why choosing the index type for querying your geospatial data is important and why IBM Cloudant supports configurable secondary geospatial index types.

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CouchDB and MongoDB: Let Our Query APIs Combine!

by Adam Kocoloski on July 22, 2014 in Data & Analytics, Web Development

Why IBM Cloudant chose MongoDB’s query syntax for our database service, and why we’re contributing it back to Apache CouchDB.

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Coding for Eventual Consistency

by Diana Thayer on January 23, 2014 in Data & Analytics, News

Whether your database guarantees strong consistency or high availability changes what you can expect of it. IBM Cloudant implements an eventually consistent clustering model, which...

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