XML databases can handle data of just about any size or format. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics.

What does it mean for a NoSQL database to offer a SQL query language? Ask the folks at Couchbase, because they announced just such a facility at their Couchbase Connect event yesterday in Santa ...

Navigational databases offer exceptionally rapid data access in exchange for rigorous data structure requirements. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases ...

NoSQL is a whole new way of thinking about a database. Though NoSQL is not a relational database, the reality is that a relational database model may not be the best solution for all situations.

NoSQL database systems continue to gain traction, but they are still not widely understood. There is more than one type of NoSQL database and a large number of individual NoSQL DBMSs. There are more ...

Jiaheng Lu is a Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His current research interests focus on multi-model databases and quantum computing for database applications. He has written four ...

Amazon helped start the "NoSQL" movement. And now it's giving the cause another shot in the arm. NoSQL is a widespread effort to build a new kind of database for “unstructured” information ...

NoSQL database software forms the core information processing engine for HealthCare.gov, the glitch-filled, $630 million online health exchange serving residents of the 36 states that did not ...

Good old-fashioned SQL still rules the database roost even though popular offerings in the NoSQL camp are closing the gap, while MySQL is the most popular of the whole bunch in a new report from ...