Google Cloud Spanner combines SQL and strong consistency with the horizontal scalability of NoSQL systems. Still, pure SQL and pure NoSQL systems will have their place for many years to come.

Users of NoSQL databases and data processing frameworks such as CouchDB and Hadoop are deploying these new technologies for their speed, scalability and flexibility, judging from a number of ...

SPRAINed Databases. NoSQL, NewSQL and Beyond: The answer to SPRAINed relational databases. SPRAIN, used in the above graphic, is an acronym that refers to the six key factors driving the adoption of ...

NoSQL provides ease of getting started, scalability, reliability, flexibility, and agility, leading to a less costly program to react to business needs. It’s probably not enough to justify rewriting ...

CEO of Couchbase says NoSQL is viable alternative and, in fact, down right preferable for big data on many fronts, especially when it comes to scalability.

While NoSQL databases offer greater scalability and flexibility, they have their own limitations, Stonebraker said. By not using SQL, NoSQL database systems lose the ability to do highly ...

Just as the debate between Mac or PC rages on, and polarized opinions persist over which industrial network protocol is the best, a new technology debate is breaking out of the clustered ranks of IT ...

Users of NoSQL databases and data processing frameworks such as CouchDB and Hadoop are deploying these new technologies for their speed, scalability and flexibility, judging from a number of ...

User case studies at NoSQL Now conference show the variety of reasons why new technologies are being deployed over traditional relational databases. Topics Spotlight: AI in Enterprise; ...