The NoSQL database gets its name from what it isn’t: It’s a database that does not use Structured Query Language (SQL) to access the data. Some of the well-known databases, such as Oracle and ...

To SQL or NoSQL? That’s the database question But as technological lines blur, there's not always a clear-cut answer.

There is no query language for key-value stores, instead using basic CRUD (create, retrieve, update, and delete) commands. Popular key-value stores are Memcached, Redis, RocksDB, and Riak. Key-value ...

Graph databases facilitate discovery and analysis closely connected facts. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics.

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 ...

SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge.

The Linux Foundation on Monday welcomed Microsoft's DocumentDB into its stable of open source projects, waving the document ...

NoSQL databases said that if you had a database with no joins, no standard query language (because implementing SQL takes time), and no data integrity then you could scale horizontally and handle ...

A next-generation query language for document databases extends SQL to work with semi-structured data ...

Couchbase’s SQL query language, called N1QL, is now ready for business in the beta of Couchbase Server 4.0, the company announced today. While Couchbase isn’t giving up on NoSQL concepts or ...