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 are many document and column-oriented NoSQL databases, e.g. MongoDB, HBase and Couchbase. Read more about how VoltDB stacks up vs. other database solutions. Alternate data models in NoSQL ...

Although NoSQL has generated some noise of late, SQL continues to win in the marketplace and continues to earn investment and adoption throughout the big data problem space.

NoSQL is building momentum of its own, and providing the familiarity and power of SQL is how it's being done. Skip to main content Events Video Special Issues Jobs ...

Really? Still Fighting About SQL vs. NoSQL? I was quite surprised to see a recent Slashdot post titled "SQL vs. NoSQL: Which is Better?" My first thought was: "Really? Hasn't this already been settled ...

Whatever you decide to do, don't think of NoSQL as your escape from the SQL RDBMS world. NoSQL databases are not a panacea. I asked my boss, Monty Widenius, the creator of MySQL, what his opinion on ...

The key to riding the wave of Big Data and enabling digital applications in real time is to select the right database that can support massive growth without bursting IT budgets. The high cost of ...

CrateDB’s one of a flood of recent database products that all address specific issues that have sprung up: scalability, resiliency, mixing modalities (NoSQL vs. SQL, document vs. graph), high ...

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.

But as technological lines blur, there's not always a clear cut answer. Read the whole story ...