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In previous columns, we’ve noted that the SQL language is in the ascendant. New SQL native databases such as CockroachDB and Yugabyte are showing robust adoption, while non-relational (NoSQL) ...

The general idea, when speaking about databases, is that SQL powers the big stuff while MongoDB trades off size capabilities for speed. As such, we’ll often see SQL (of some flavor) used in large, ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 17 — Metanautix, a big data analytics company focused on simplifying the data supply chain, today announced a partnership with MongoDB to make integrating Non relational ...

When a $40 billion database industry giant takes enough interest in a technology to build its own application programming interface for it, that’s an indication the technology has legitimate appeal.

Poke around the infrastructure of any startup website or mobile app these days, and you’re bound to find something other than a relational database doing much of the heavy lifting. Take, for example, ...

The articles on NoSQL databases in Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge column appearing in recent issues of LJ have been enjoyable. Because this is the Enterprise issue, I think it would be helpful to ...

Earlier this year, analyst firm Gartner came up with a name for a category of hybrid processing that it believes will cause upheaval in established architectures. The ...

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale. One of the most fundamental choices to make when developing an ...