REST and the Converged Database – ThatJeffSmith

If you need a primer on the concept of what a'Converged Database' is, I reccommend the following: I know, it should be TL/DW; (too long, didn't watch). But just in case you're scanning this versus deep-reading, let me sum up. Instead of implementing multiple database technologies, one for each feature required (json documents, spatial, relational, media, text, etc.), you can instead take advantage of a single database management system that supports all of those, AND ALSO provides a single SQL interface. A critical component for making a converged database viable, is having a single set of libraries, drivers, and APIs across all of the different types of data and workloads. In addition to a single SQL engine, there is another another critical interface required: HTTP(S), or more specifically, REST via HTTP(S).