For over two decades, Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft relational databases were the only consistent leaders in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems--and there were few ...

Of any enterprise technology, enterprises are most dedicated to their chosen database. Once data goes into a particular database, CIOs hate to take it out. It's costly, and the risks often outweigh ...

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Learn the key differences between relational and NoSQL databases with this in-depth comparison. There’s nothing wrong with the traditional relational database management system. In fact, many NoSQL ...

The relational database may may never die — at least not anytime soon — but its days of glory appear to be over. Relational databases, long a critical piece of enterprise software deployments, are now ...

Migrating from an RDBMS to NoSQL can improve scalability and flexibility. Explore top NoSQL databases and best practices for migrating data. The phenomenon of big data continues to underscore the ...

Though NoSQL originally developed as a flexible and agile alternative to relational database systems, non-relational databases haven’t yet gained wide acceptability in the large enterprise segment.

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 ...

Ever since NoSQL burst onto the mainstream database world in the late 1990s there have been a group of people who have been saying that NoSQL is going to kill off the relational database engine. This ...

Developers rely on JSON -- giving rise to NoSQL document databases. VoltDB CTO Ryan Betts predicts JSON will ultimately be incorporated into relational database software, too The long hegemony of SQL ...