NoSQL and NewSQL databases are popular solutions in the data management space. At VoltDB, we’re sometimes asked to clarify the difference between the two approaches. Here’s what you need to know if ...

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, ...

What is an event store database? An event store is a database designed for tracking event as they occur, and maintaining a record of those events. How is an event store database different from a ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is a graph database? Graph databases organize facts into connected bundles, ...

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 ...

As unstructured data surpasses structured data in many enterprises, interest in NoSQL is increasing as well because of its ability to shed light on the nuggets of valuable information buried in dark ...

What does it mean for a NoSQL database to offer a SQL query language? Ask the folks at Couchbase, because they announced just such a facility at their Couchbase Connect event yesterday in Santa Clara, ...

The modern sense of NoSQL, which dates from 2009, refers to databases that are not built on relational tables, unlike SQL databases. Often, NoSQL databases boast better design flexibility, horizontal ...

The modern sense of NoSQL, which dates from 2009, refers to databases that are not built on relational tables, unlike SQL databases. Often, NoSQL databases boast better design flexibility, horizontal ...