SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale.

To SQL or NoSQL? That’s the database question But as technological lines blur, there's not always a clear-cut answer.

This article on SQL and NoSQL comparison will throw light on the debate on advantages and limitations on each. SQL database is a relational database. The basic quality of NoSQL is that it may not ...

NoSQL is building momentum of its own, and providing the familiarity and power of SQL is how it's being done.

SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge.

FoundationDB plans to offer a hybrid data store that can host both NoSQL and SQL structured data Database software vendor FoundationDB has acquired Akiban, another purveyor of database software ...

Data management: Using NoSQL to drive business transformation Couchbase CEO Matt Cain explains how his company gives end users a competitive edge through real-time data.

“NoSQL is really playing an increasingly important role in this across every industry. Companies are focusing more and more attention on building their digital economy businesses,” said Bob Wiederhold ...

As the SQL and NoSQL worlds continue to converge in the pursuit of comprehensive Big Data analytics solutions, a Silicon Valley start-up wants to provide a bridge between the two with RESTful APIs.

A new beta tool from Quest Software lets users mix and match traditional SQL data and non-relational NoSQL data in the cloud. Toad for Cloud Databases, released in beta, aims “to put NoSQL databases ...