Nowadays, huge volumes of unstructured data are generated, and this cannot be restricted to standardized text inputs for the RDBMS. For example, every corporate entity has applications that generate ...

The market is abuzz with terms like NoSQL, Big Data, NewSQL, Database Appliance, etc. Often, IT decision makers can get very confused with all the noise. They do not understand why they should ...

I've been reading about different ODBMS like ZODB, and I'm seriously considering using it over a relational DBMS like Oracle. Does anyone here have any experience dealing with either or both DBMSs?

The similarities and differences between HDBMS, NDBMS, RDBMS and OODBMS give the clear cut idea to the user or database designer of selecting better model for storing information. In this paper, the ...

The relational database may may never die — at least not anytime soon — but its days of glory appear to be over. Relational databases, long a critical piece of enterprise software deployments, are now ...

A Series of Forbes Insights Profiles of Thought Leaders Changing the Business Landscape: Monte Zweben, CEO, Splice Machine... Splice Machine, which positions itself as the provider of the only Hadoop ...

Last issue I talked about Thor Technologies, its new round of funding and its “best of breed” solutions. But what the Thor folks really wanted to talk about was the use of SQL-based relational ...

Splice Machine today announced the general availability of its Hadoop RDBMS, a platform to build real-time, scalable applications. First released as a public beta offering in May 2014, the release has ...

Like an aging fighter fending off younger foes, Oracle rose above its upstart NoSQL and open source challengers to be named DBMS of the Year for 2015. That coronation was bestowed by DB-Engines, a ...

Many people associate open source data framework Hadoop with managing truly massive amounts of data. And with good reason: Hadoop storage is used by Facebook and Yahoo, which many people (rightly) ...