Databases form the cornerstone of many applications, Web sites, and platforms. A huge amount of time, money, and research has been poured into databases over the last few decades. But our thirst for data, and the quantities that we’re trying to read and analyze, continue to grow. What can and should we do? How can we ensure reliability?  How can we communicate with a growing number of other systems? And where does PostgreSQL, an open-source relational database with a growing number of features, fit into this trend? In this talk, Siimon Riggs answers all of these questions, and describes how PostgreSQL’s developers are working to keep as many of these questions in mind as they continue to improve their contribution to the world of databases.

Time: 22 minutes