Avi Silberschatz

Henry F. Korth

S. Sudarshan

What's New in the 7th Edition?

• Extensive coverage of Big Data systems, from the user perspective (Chapter 10), as well as from an
  internal perspective (Chapters 20 through 23).
• Updates to all the internal chapters to reflect current-generation technology, such as solid-state disks,
  main-memory databases, multi-core systems, and parallel and distributed databases.
• Coverage of semi-structured data management using JSON, RDF, and Updated coverage of temporal data,
  data analytics, and advanced indexing techniques such as write-optimized indices.
• Reorganization and update of chapters to better support courses with a significant hands-on component, including
  use of current-generation application development tools and Big Data systems such as Apache Hadoop and Spark.
• New chapter on Blockchain Databases (Chapter 26) that introduces blockchain technology and its growing
  role in enterprise applications.
• A more detailed description of what's new in the 7th edition is provided in the Preface, which is available online here.