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 ...

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.

Sytze Harkema explains how to save and retrieve relational SQL data into a NoSQL key-value store as implemented by FoundationDB, an open source, scalable, fault tolerant and ACID database.

SQL Server was reported in use by 57 percent of respondents, followed by MySQL (40 percent), Oracle (38 percent), DB2 (14 percent) and PostgresSQL (13 percent). "The results suggest that relational ...

Also in beta, NuoDB is a NoSQL database with a SQL front-end understanding SQL 92 statements with ‘99 extensions and accessed from applications through ODC, JDBC, and ActiveRecord drivers.

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.

With low-code/no-code tools revamping enterprise app development, analytics firm SlamData Inc. has come out with a release of its namesake platform claiming to provide "no-code BI for NoSQL." The ...

Couchbase NoSQL Database gets the SQL Religion Couchbase 4.0 elegantly integrates SQL and JSON, maintaining schema-independence while adding support for joins and a range of BI tools.

While the audience was comprised of NoSQL users and developers, many seemed to think Stonebraker’s SQL-friendlier approach had some merit, even if they disagreed on individual points.

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 ...