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, 4: ...

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.

Even the biggest names in the NoSQL space — MongoDB and Hadoop — were in use with only 10 and 8 percent, respectively, of the respondents. DBaaS also showed only a modest degree of uptake.

But there is one slight issue with NoSQL. You can’t use SQL. SQL is the lingua franca of the business analyst. SQL is easy. SQL has been around for an eternity. SQL is taught in many courses at ...

SQL-based relational database systems are indeed as moribund as NoSQL advocates charge, he argued. But this is the fault of the database vendors themselves, not SQL.

So-called “NoSQL” technology seems to run counter to those strengths. But in reality, NoSQL is building momentum of its own, and providing the familiarity and power of SQL is how it’s being ...

SQL has the impressive track record, the large installed base, but NoSQL is making impressive gains and has many proponents. We put the question to experts in both camps.

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 SQL systems hit architectural limits or your cloud provider expenses ...

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.

There has been a lot of interest lately in NoSQL databases and, of course, many of us have strong backgrounds and experience in traditional relational 'SQL' databases. For application developers this ...

The articles on NoSQL databases in Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge column appearing in recent issues of LJ have been enjoyable. Because this is the Enterprise issue, I think it would be helpful to ...