SQL is orthogonal to data representation and storage. Some SQL systems support JSON and other structured object formats with better performance and more features than NoSQL implementations.

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.

If you spend any time at all reading IT trade journals and websites, you've no doubt heard about the NoSQL movement. In a nutshell, NoSQL databases (also called post-relational databases) are a ...

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 Query Capability - Enables SQL queries on NoSQL Cassandra data. Cassandra 2.x Compatibility - Leverages the faster performance and improved security of Cassandra V2.x.

And moving to a NoSQL database is easier than most think. Brian Hess, the strategic solution engineer at DataStax, explained that SQL is not really the problem to begin with.

Anyway, the 451 Group noted that "like NoSQL, NewSQL is not to be taken too literally: the new thing about the NewSQL vendors is the vendor, not the SQL." So, does that help clear things up?

Oracle's latest big idea for big data aims to eliminate data silos with new software connecting the dots between the Oracle Database, Hadoop and NoSQL. Written by Rachel King, Contributor July 15 ...

The post references an extensive Slashdot article by experienced programmer Jeff Cogswell, who writes: "Tech pros debate the merits of SQL vs. NoSQL. It's a fight worth examining on the programming ...