Hoping to unify the growing but disparate market of NoSQL databases, the creators behind CouchDB and SQLite have introduced a new query language for the format, called UnQL (Unstructured Data Query ...

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One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record, the ...

Couchbase is introducing a new query language that unites legacy SQL to the modern NoSQL, providing what the company says is the best of both worlds for developers and the enterprise. “NoSQL is really ...

The name might be short for Not Only SQL, but to be a proper database that can be used by normal enterprises and not just by hyperscalers with their fleets of PhDs, any database, whether it is a ...

In the beginning, there were files. Later there were navigational databases based on structured files. Then there were IMS and CODASYL, and around 40 years ago we had some of the first relational ...

Over the last few weeks I've been talking to database companies from both sides of the SQL divide, and the more I've talked about how their databases are developing - and how their users are using ...

There's much hype around NoSQL databases, but are developers using them in the real world? One development shop tells me yes. Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 years of technology and marketing ...

The market is abuzz with terms like NoSQL, Big Data, NewSQL, Database Appliance, etc. Often, IT decision makers can get very confused with all the noise. They do not understand why they should ...