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 ...

If you want to know what’s what in Big Data analytics today, you’ve got to know the basics of NoSQL databases, and how appropriate NoSQL databases facilitate Big Data analytics. What are the most ...

Two sessions focused on the popular column-based NoSQL data store Cassandra, which was created by Facebook, and later used by high-volume sites such as Twitter. Although neither of the sessions was ...

There is a lot of data out there, and much of it doesn’t need to be stored in heavyweight relational databases, with complex query languages. That is particularly true of modern cloud applications and ...

NoSQL keeps rising, but relational databases still dominate big data Your email has been sent NoSQL promised to upend the database market as big data forced a sea change in how we think about and ...

NoSQL might well be called “the little database engine that could.” It is quietly proving it is on track as Big Data transitions to cloud-based data storage and management. NoSQL is increasingly ...

Big data is comprised of the well-known 3 V’s: volume, velocity, and variety. Traditionally, when there has been an influx of new data, systems have scaled up. Recently though with the variety and ...

If you had any doubt that the Big Data and NoSQL database market continue to remain red hot, look no further than today’s announcement that 10gen, makers of the open source mongodb, raised a ...