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Redis becomes the most popular database on AWS as complex cloud application deployments surge

Redis becomes the most popular database on AWS as complex cloud application deployments surge

No diggity, NoSQL Open-source NoSQL in-memory database Redis is the most popular database in the world if, that is, your world is solely within Amazon Web Services.…

Date: 2020-11-23

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