In other words, non-relational databases have never been more popular, or more invisible in that popularity. ... We know, for example, that the company now has over 25,000 customers, ...

For technical clarification, databases come in two flavors: relational and non-relational. Relational (SQL) databases store data in tables with strictly-defined relationships between tables.

In non-relational "hierarchical" and "network" databases, records in one file contain embedded pointers to the locations of records in another, such as customers to orders and vendors to purchases.

The introduction of increased transactional capability into non-relational databases makes sense-in the same way that providing SQL layers on top of Hadoop and many other non-relational stores makes ...

The non-relational database specialist's stock is up significantly from its recent 52-week lows. MongoDB ( MDB -1.14% ) stock has experienced considerable volatility this year.

Today at MongoDB World in Chicago, MongoDB announced the launch of Stitch, its new backend-as-a-service (BaaS) tool that lets developers build MongoDB-powered applications, without the need for ...