SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale.

SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge.

This article on SQL and NoSQL comparison will throw light on the debate on advantages and limitations on each. SQL database is a relational database. The basic quality of NoSQL is that it may not ...

Non-structured databases predate SQL. MUMPS dates to 1966, and is perhaps the canonical NoSQL database. It is a key-value store in almost exactly the same fashion as Mongo or Couch.

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.

Couchbase Server 4.0 addresses NoSQL’s biggest pain point with SQL-like query language for its document datastore Couchbase might seem like a bit of an outsider in the world of NoSQL datastores ...

What challenges confront SQL side though? People need to make time to learn new features. If IT professionals stop learning, then the whole curve breaks. Can SQL now stand up for Big Data challenge?

NoSQL is building momentum of its own, and providing the familiarity and power of SQL is how it's being done.

SQL: Structured Query Language, also used to refer to databases that use SQL as their query language. NoSQL: used to refer to a class of databases that are non-relational and do not use SQL as their ...

To SQL or NoSQL? That’s the database question But as technological lines blur, there's not always a clear-cut answer.