In the world of database technology, there are two main types of databases: SQL and NoSQL—or, relational databases and non-relational databases. The difference speaks to how they’re built, the type of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I decode analytics for business people. The evolving landscape of NoSQL databases and NoSQL database management systems (NoSQL ...

The non-relational database explosion of the late 2000s was motivated by several disenchantments with the—until then—dominant relational database model. A key concern for many involved the overly ...

Though NoSQL originally developed as a flexible and agile alternative to relational database systems, non-relational databases haven’t yet gained wide acceptability in the large enterprise segment.

It’s not exactly clear where we are in the Gartner Hype Cycle with respect to so-called “NoSQL” databases. We’ve definitely been through the Trough of Disillusionment, but are we in the Slope of ...

A database that maintains a set of separate, related files (tables), but combines data elements from the files for queries and reports when required. The concept was developed in 1970 by Edgar Codd, ...

The road to SQL started with Dr. E.F. Codd’s paper, “A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks“, published in Communications of the ACM in June 1970. His colleagues at IBM, Donald ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Data continues to grow in volume, variety, and velocity, resulting in new data management technologies. Recently, Deepti Srivastava, product manager for Cloud Spanner at Google Cloud, discussed how ...