September 2020,

This module looks at key database driven technologies that are part of the architecture of commercial software applications and systems, looking at data warehousing, data mining, SOA (Service-Oriented Architectures), business intelligence, distributed databases and cloud computing. Students will critically evaluate these technologies and research new/emerging developments in database technologies such as Big Data, spatial data, NOSQL databases and Security. Further skills development in the use of Maria DBMS, SQL, Postgres , MongoDB and Neo4j Students will be exposed to core Big Data analytics concepts and models, the current technology landscape, and topical application scenarios using a variety of simulation environments and open datasets.