March 30, 2015 This is the first post in a series of blog posts, entitled Riak Customer Stories, where we…
Building Apps
Why Riak Just Works
March 17, 2015 As a Solutions Architect for Basho, I’m often called upon by customers to explain Riak. Frequently this…
Fundamentals of NoSQL Security
February 23, 2015 Over the last week, for a variety of reasons, the topic of security in the NoSQL space…
Peter Alvaro – Outwards from the Middle of the Maze
Thousands have watched and enjoyed Peter Alvaro’s engaging and informative RICON 2014 Keynote presentation. Alvaro is a PhD candidate at…
Solving the Problem of Unstructured Data Using Distributed Systems
February 1st, 2015 If you missed last week’s webinar Preparing for the Deluge of Unstructured Data you can still watch it…
How to Build a Client Library for Riak 2.0
January 27, 2014 Client libraries are essential to using Riak, and we at Basho have always been proud to have…
Data Modeling with Riak
January 22, 2015 In speaking with Riak users, both open source and commercial, we are frequently told that Riak’s key/value…
Using Riak as a Document Store
January 6, 2015 If you have read about Riak, or seen a member of the Basho team present, you have…
Riak Documentation – A Holiday Reading List
December 30, 2014 At Basho, we are proud of our documentation. All design, updates, and edits are done with our…
Values, Keys, Buckets, Bucket Types – Riak 2.0
December 23, 2014 This is a continuation in our blog series covering Riak 2.0. Below are links to the previously…
Replication is the Key for Scalability & High Availability
December 18, 2014 One of the interesting things about attending industry events, like AWS re:Invent, is identifying common trends that…
Strong Consistency in Riak 2.0
November 10, 2014 Many data needs are better served by data stores that are optimized for maximum availability and scalability…
Distributed Data Types – Riak 2.0
In a previous post we briefly introduced Riak 2.0 data types. The addition of these distributed Data Types simplifies application…
Webinar: Jumping to Primetime with NoSQL
The NoSQL database market continues it’s rapid pace of growth and NoSQL databases continue to displace relational databases. Why is…
Riak Quick Start with Docker
A technical guide to running Riak with Docker.