[Click on image for larger view.] A Decision Tree Based On the NoSQL Toolbox (source: Baqend) "Naturally, this view on the problem space is not complete, but it vaguely points towards a solution for a ...

The Oracle NoSQL Database clearly came from a development team with experience in open source tradition. The only installation headache I had went away when I changed localhost to 127.0.0.1.

Image: Cassandra is a very powerful NoSQL database that is perfectly at home driving big data. This particular database provides linear scalability, high availability and serious performance.

In that respect, it’s unlike many other NoSQL databases, key-value or otherwise, since they store data in some persistent form. Memcached does not back its data store to anything.

XML databases can handle data of just about any size or format. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics.

Here's a look at 10 real-world NoSQL use cases, demonstrating how companies from a variety of industries are employing this relatively new database.

NoSQL is a whole new way of thinking about a database. Though NoSQL is not a relational database, the reality is that a relational database model may not be the best solution for all situations.

Graph databases facilitate discovery and analysis closely connected facts. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics.