You just have to look at how even the largest databases are changing, with Oracle adopting NoSQL patterns in its in-memory tools, as Microsoft's SQL Server does the same with its new column stores.

In a conversation last year, Justin Sheehy, CTO of Basho, described NoSQL as a movement, rather than a technology. This description immediately felt right; I've never been comfortable talking ...

A modern NoSQL database with PostgreSQL roots. By open sourcing a tool that’s already widely used in Azure, Microsoft is giving developers the ability to run something that’s already proven to ...

Wide column store databases allow you to manage data that just won’t fit on one computer. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big ...

NoSQL is a good fit for this use pattern because of its dynamic scalability ... NoSQL provides scalability, consistently high performance, always-on 24×365 operations and a flexible data model.

Identify data access patterns: ... Design for NoSQL: Focus on how the data will be accessed rather than how it will be stored, and think about how to represent your model in its document store.

In particular, NoSQL as the "big data" type of database has been a movement to offer nonrelational distributed data storage that does not try to provide full ACID compliance. ... making them ideal for ...

This tutorial introduces Java developers to Apache Phoenix. Since Phoenix runs on top of HBase, we’ll start with an overview of HBase and how it differs from relational databases.

He says the move to NoSQL requires new thinking by IT management. “We are still learning a lot about it," he says. "If you put three experienced SQL engineers in the room and ask them to map ...

Start coding a new database in your garage with a buddy of yours. Use JavaScript. Name it after your dog. Patent your own data model. Do not go open source. Take over the world. That is HarperDB's ...