Like so many technology debates before it, the SQL/NoSQL debate may soon enter the realm of great technology disagreements as Mac versus PC, fieldbus versus Ethernet, and PC versus PLC-based control.

SQL: RELATIONAL DATABASES First, let’s take a look at one of the main features that separates these two systems: the way they structure data. A relational database —or, an SQL database, named ...

The wrong database, or poor implementation, can utterly undermine your work. So get to know what’s what with NoSQL databases to suit your own Big Data analytics needs.

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.

NoSQL refers to a broad class of database products which tend not to expose SQL interfaces. What separates these products from traditional databases has less to do with SQL and more to do with a ...

When and how to migrate data from SQL to NoSQL are matters of much debate. It can certainly be a daunting task, but when your SQL systems hit architectural limits or your cloud provider expenses ...

After overcoming early criticism and securing a position as a leading NoSQL document database, MongoDB appears to be taking steps to broaden its user base from developers to include traditional ...

Best NoSQL Database Look to NoSQL for fast, highly scalable access to free-form data. This comes with a few costs, like consistency of reads and other safeguards common to SQL databases. But for many ...

Oracle is introducing version 4.0 of its NoSQL database. First introduced in 2011, the Oracle NoSQL Database is a key-value database that evolved from the company's acquisition of BerkeleyDB Java ...

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.