NoSQL is a whole new way of thinking about a database. Though NoSQL is not a relational database, the reality is that a relational database model may not be the best solution for all situations.

In fact, according to DBTA columnist and partner at Toba Capital, Guy Harrison, “It’s rare in the world of software to see a single architecture dominate as comprehensively as the relational database ...

1. Relational databases can process ad-hoc queries Production applications sometimes require only primary key lookups, but reporting queries often need to filter or aggregate based on other columns.

“You can run any database you like in Azure. With their ‘cloud first’ strategy, they still make money even if an Azure customer chooses a database other than SQL Server.” The changes shaping the data ...

Even though it may be the wrong tool for the job, the years of development behind the relational database ensure its popularity — for the moment, says MongoDB's Max Schireson.

The most popular database model format is relational, which stores data in fixed-format records and organizes it into tables with rows and columns. The most basic data model has two components ...

The Data Model Profile is a UML extension that supports the modeling of relational databases in UML. It includes custom extensions for such things as tables, data base schema, table keys, triggers, ...

Oracle has acquired and is selling in-memory and NoSQL database technology alongside of its popular relational database products. So, the supplier in question can’t support its claim that Oracle ...

The evolving landscape of NoSQL databases and NoSQL database management systems (NoSQL DBMS) has everything to do with Big Data analytics.