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 is a broad category of disparate database technologies, most of which have come to market in the past decade. NewSQL is a term coined by 451 Group analyst Matt Aslett to describe a new group of ...

A new class of databases called NewSQL has emerged, leveraging the best of NoSQL and SQL. Coined in 2011 by Matt Aslett, an analyst with the 451 Group, the term “NewSQL” describes a category of ...

Users who eschew traditional relational databases in favor of the newly emerging NoSQL databases might be "throwing the baby out with the bath water," warned a database pioneer before a roomful of ...

MySQL has earned its huge installed base. But as Scott Sullivan of Clustrix argues, performance warning signs may indicate it's time to consider a NewSQL alternative MySQL has long been the go-to ...

Clustrix has raised $10 million in Series D financing from HighBar Partners to expand its customer base and accelerate the development of its flagship product, a scale-out SQL database designed for tr ...

Stonebraker boasted that VoltDB’s own system, which uses these NewSQL-styled approaches, can execute transactions 45 times faster than a typical relational database system.

Users who eschew traditional relational databases in favor of the newly emerging NoSQL databases might be “throwing the baby out with the bath water,” warned a database pioneer before a ...