Relational databases have existed for more than 40 years now. They’ve changed little over that period and while they work well, they couldn’t answer the scalability demands of cloud native ...

NoSQL is a broad category of disparate database technologies, most of which have come to market in the past decade. NewSQL is a term coined by 451 Group analyst Matt Aslett to describe a new group of ...

Oh, sure, NoSQL is having an impact on the $46 billion database market–still just 3% of the market, but growing at a rapid pace even as more traditional relational databases inch up by 5.4% ...

Don’t expect NOSQL databases to eclipse relational databases. A NoSQL database that perfectly suits a real-time app may not even function for traditional statistics.

NoSQL vendors have been eating into the relational database market, helping organizations shed silos over time. It is not a fast process for organizations to transition out of their trusted databases.

Moving from Relational to NoSQL. This white paper explains the need for non-relational databases, describes advantages of NoSQL, and clarifies the important difference between SQL and NoSQL databases.

What if the main problem with relational databases was the back end and not the ... DB2, or SQL Server, which are all based on a 40-year-old design. However, each type of NoSQL database had new ...

Though NoSQL originally developed as a flexible and agile alternative to relational database systems, non-relational databases haven’t yet gained wide acceptability in the large enterprise segment.

“To compensate for the limitations of the relational database, there has been a proliferation of point solution databases,” Ittycheria said. “Using point solutions creates a disjointed ...