Database infrastructures have been in existence for more than half a century. They seem to have evolved over time due to increasing data volumes and the need to access this data faster while maintaining the sanity of cost of maintaining this infrastructure. Today, we live in an age where data is growing at a rapid pace…faster than ever. After the internet boom in later 1990s and early 2000s, the onset of mobile, social media and multitude of sensing technologies in mid to lat