A NoSQL database has flexible data requirements, making it a better fit for applications that will evolve over time than an SQL database.

The evolving landscape of NoSQL databases and NoSQL database management systems (NoSQL DBMS) has everything to do with Big Data analytics.

NoSQL and NewSQL databases are popular solutions in the data management space. At VoltDB, we’re sometimes asked to clarify the difference between the two approaches. Here’s what you need to know if ...

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 ...

Event store databases enable tracking, retention and replay of events in minute detail. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data ...

NoSQL for the Enterprise NoSQL has emerged to manage new data types, huge volumes of data and the relationships between complex and connected today inherent in modern applications. The type of NOSQL ...

Oracle's take on the distributed key-value data store is enterprise ready and practically ACID. Could this be the NoSQL data store for the buttoned-down business crowd? [Originally published on ...

NoSQL databases did scale much, much better than Oracle Database, DB2, or SQL Server, which are all based on a 40-year-old design. However, each type of NoSQL database had new restrictions: ...

Everywhere you look, there are new NoSQL databases — or “data stores,” if you’re one of those who feel that the word “database” can only be used by proper relational software offering ...