# ✍️ Readings in Streaming Database Systems

**URL:** https://forum.confluent.io/t/readings-in-streaming-database-systems/3266
**Category:** News and Blogs
**Created:** [2 November 2021 17:10 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/readings-in-streaming-database-systems/3266 "2021-11-02T17:10:42Z")
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### Author: ![alice.richardson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/alice.richardson/32/137_2.png) [@alice.richardson](https://forum.confluent.io/u/alice.richardson)
#### Post date: [2 November 2021 17:10 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/readings-in-streaming-database-systems/3266/1 "2021-11-02T17:10:42Z")

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✨ There’s a new post on the [Confluent blog](https://confluent.io/blog). Here’s a snippet from it:

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What will the next important category of databases look like? For decades, relational databases were the undisputed home of data. They powered everything: from websites to analytics, from customer data […]

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**[👉 Head over to the blog to read the full article](https://www.confluent.io/blog/streaming-databases-vs-traditional-databases/)**