Find out the differences between MySQL, an SQL database, and MongoDB, a NoSQL database.

Look at the MySQL vs. PostgreSQL flame wars for ample evidence of this thinking. The problem though, is that being relational and ACID is not necessary for some use cases and can add unnecessary ...

Technology Editor Bill Wong examines the differences between SQL, NoSQL, and NewSQL databases.

MySQL is a bit of an attention hog. With relational databases supposedly put on deathwatch by NoSQL, MySQL should have been edging gracefully to the exit by now (or not so gracefully, like IBM’s ...

Speculation has been running rampant that Oracle may introduce its own NoSQL database at the OpenWorld conference, to be held next week in San Francisco.

Design & Dev Open source data grows up: Choosing MySQL, NoSQL, or both March 4, 2014 - 4:16 pm John Engates is the CTO of Rackspace Hosting and an evangelist for the open cloud.

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 ...

With MySQL 5.6, released Tuesday, Oracle has updated the open-source database to make it more competitive with NoSQL data stores such as MariaDB or Cassandra. “We’re in constant dialogue with ...

MySQL InnoDB vs. MyISAM performance You can explain most of the performance differences between MySQL InnoDB and MyISAM with a comparison of how the two engines access data. InnoDB has a ...

Speculation has been running rampant that Oracle may introduce its own NoSQL database at the OpenWorld conference, to be held next week in San Francisco.