NoSQL, NewSQL and NuoDB
It seems to me that much of the drive behind NoSQL (whether No SQL or Not Only SQL) arose from a rather narrow view of the relational model and technology by web-oriented developers whose experience was constrained by the strengths ...
Should DBAs learn Hadoop?
sqlI’m a DBA with a working knowledge of Oracle, SQL Server, and MySQL. I have been reading more and more about big data, should I learn Hadoop?
First, thank you for emailing your question. The mere nature of your question tells ...
Big Data for Telco Begins to Unleash Systems of Engagement
In our recently completed Q3 2013 Global State Of Enterprise Architecture Online Survey, big data for real-time analytics moved from the No. 3 most revolutionary technology to the No. 2 position, according to the 116 enterprise architects who participated. This ...
Cloud computing and the rise of big data
Cloud computing democratizes big data – any enterprise can now work with unstructured data at a huge scale.
At first glance, it isn’t obvious why the unstructured data methods of the new big data world are even necessary. Even if new ...
3 Ways to Move SQL into Hadoop Faster
Despite the increasing interest in unstructured data, much of the world's information still lives in some form of relational database. Firing up your first Hadoop cluster often means moving data from existing SQL tables, maybe hosted in SQL Server, MySQL ...
Planning for scale with Enterprise NoSQL
All applications have inherent limits in what they can support. As organizations grow, so do their expectations on the apps they use. Development and operations teams need to plan for large scale from day one — not react to it ...
NewSQL Vendor MemSQL Takes On MongoDB
Startup vendor MemSQL announced Wednesday a new release of its high-scale, in-memory database that adds JSON (Java Script Object Notation) support. The move is aimed at attracting developers who might otherwise choose the MongoDB NoSQL database.
MongoDB has the leading market ...
PostgreSQL-The Other big open-source database has a new release
When you think about open-source database management systems (DBMS), you probably think about Oracle's MySQL and its great rival/fork MariaDB. That's thinking too small. There's another great, enterprise capable DBMS, PostgreSQL, and its latest, greatest release PostgreSQL 9.3, has just ...