MongoDB is a document-based store that also has a graph-based store implemented on top of it. MongoDB doesn’t actually store JSON: it stores BSON (Binary JSON), which extends the JSON ...

Cassandra debuted in 2008 and MongoDB in 2009. They're equally new in that respect when compared to databases like MySQL, which originated in the mid-1990s. Finally, both databases support the big ...

Choosing between schemaless NoSQL databases and strong-schema relational designs isn't an either-or decision, as this case study points out. When dealing with their big data problem, Craigslist ...