SQL database is a relational database. The basic quality of NoSQL is that it may not require fixed table schemas, usually avoid join operations, and typically scale horizontally.

SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge. Written by Simon Bisson, Contributor Nov. 24, 2014 at ...

SQL to NoSQL: Architecture Differences and Considerations for Migration When and how to migrate data from SQL to NoSQL are matters of much debate. It can certainly be a daunting task, but when your ...

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.

Technology Editor Bill Wong examines the differences between SQL, NoSQL, and NewSQL databases.

Database software vendor FoundationDB has acquired Akiban, another purveyor of database software, in a move to develop a hybrid data-store application capable of storing both SQL and non-SQL data ...

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.

The idea of running transactions and analytics on the same database is not new but it's been held back by technology. But things in the hybrid world have been changing.

SQL scales, and is versatile and proven, solving problems ranging from fast write-oriented transactions, to scan-intensive deep analytics. SQL is orthogonal to data representation and storage.