For more on SQL and Big Data, check out the Oracle OpenWorld 2014 agenda, where there are dozens of sessions on how these technologies can help advance an enterprise IT strategy.

Microsoft's SQL Server 2012 has released to manufacturing. This release of the 20+ year-old database has tie-ins to Hadoop and Big Data analytics in general.

When it comes to implementing a big data strategy in a Microsoft SQL Server shop, you're generally going to consider three approaches, one of which is a cloud implementation. SQL Server 2012, and even ...

News. Oracle Adds SQL Twist to Big Data. By David Ramel; July 15, 2014; In an age of NoSQL and Hadoop, original "Big 3" RDBMS vendor Oracle Corp. is getting back to its roots with a new product ...