SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale. One of the most fundamental choices to make when developing ...

It's not so much a black and white, SQL vs. NoSQL situation, of course: TokBox still kept SQL databases around. That's where his team fed portions of Hadoop output for analysts to query more easily.

“NoSQL and NewSQL databases do not use traditional SQL syntax, but use syntax like more modern computer languages.” Herrscher says that fact that SQL has been the ubiquitous standard for so long ...

SQL is a relatively innocent bystander, but, because SQL is a universal feature of the RDBMS, the term “NoSQL” seemed a catchy and convenient tag for these new breed of databases. And, it’s true that, ...

NoSQL solutions emerged as a reaction to frustration with the cost and inflexibility of legacy RDBMS products like Oracle and IBM DB2, which use SQL as a query language. The original NoSQL systems ...

The term “NoSQL” is ambiguous, but for this discussion I use Dr. Rick Cattell’s NoSQL definition to mean “systems that provide simple operations like key/value storage or simple records ...

Start coding a new database in your garage with a buddy of yours. Use JavaScript. Name it after your dog. Patent your own data model. Do not go open source. Take over the world. That is HarperDB's ...

Couchbase 4.0 elegantly integrates SQL and JSON, maintaining schema-independence while adding support for joins and a range of BI tools.

More and more businesses are adopting NoSQL databases to support the broad set of use cases for the next-generation of personalized, context-sensitive, and location-aware applications.