A relatively new concept in the world of database systems is the NoSQL DBMS. What is NoSQL? Well, I bet you guessed that it doesn’t use SQL, right? I mean, it is sort of right there in the name. But ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is an RDF store database? RDF stores enable modeling, representation and ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What are wide column stores? Wide column stores are database management systems ...

This 5-weeks course is intended to provide an introduction to the broad context of NoSQL databases, focusing on two (of the many) “V”s in the BigData paradigm: Variety and Velocity. Specifically, the ...

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 ...

NoSQL database systems continue to gain traction, but they are still not widely understood. There is more than one type of NoSQL database and a large number of individual NoSQL DBMSs. There are more ...

Poke around the infrastructure of any startup website or mobile app these days, and you’re bound to find something other than a relational database doing much of the heavy lifting. Take, for example, ...

One of the most interesting trends in the computer world during the past few years has been the rapid growth of NoSQL databases. The term may be accurate, in that NoSQL databases don't use SQL in ...

NoSQL databases arose in response to the limitations of using SQL (Structured Query Language) for database queries. NoSQL databases store and manage data in ways that enable high operational speed and ...

Postgres has been on a roll lately. Despite a reputation for being the older, wiser fuddy-duddy of open-source relational databases, Postgres has been running circles around MySQL in terms of growth.