NoSQL databases are not a panacea. I asked my boss, Monty Widenius, the creator of MySQL, what his opinion on the whole NoSQL vs. SQL thing was. His answer: “Non-SQL gives you a very sharp knife to ...

Find out the differences between MySQL, an SQL database, and MongoDB, a NoSQL database.

Open source data has a split personality. There’s the NoSQL zealot who likes to fire off tirades against the restrictive world of relational databases, then there’s the MySQL devotee who’s a ...

MySQL is a bit of an attention hog. With relational databases supposedly put on deathwatch by NoSQL, MySQL should have been edging gracefully to the exit by now (or not so gracefully, like IBM’s ...

MySQL is now owned by Oracle while MariaDB is managed by the MariaDB foundation. At their core is a common SQL query language that has made it easy to learn and utilize these systems.

Choosing between schemaless NoSQL databases and strong-schema relational designs isn't an either-or decision, as this case study points out. When dealing with their big data problem, Craigslist ...

With MySQL 5.6, released Tuesday, Oracle has updated the open-source database to make it more competitive with NoSQL data stores such as MariaDB or Cassandra. “We’re in constant dialogue with ...

Twitter growth prompts switch from MySQL to 'NoSQL' database. By Reuters. February 24, 2010 6:52 AM UTC Updated February 24, 2010 Ryan King, an engineer at Twitter, today told the ...

Oracle has released version 5.6 of MySQL, which will hit the “sweet spot of the web market” according to Tomas Ulin, vice-president of engineering. Search the TechTarget Network.