The relational data model has been around since the early 1970s, and it became popular for good reasons. In the form of SQL, it offers a general query language based on a rigorous data model.

Increasingly, customers are demanding that their databases take on multiple chores. Emergence of multi-model databases providing developers multiple paths through APIs is the latest evidence of ...

Microsoft has made a promised public preview of its Common Data Model (CDM) entity database available to testers. CDM is at the heart of the coming Microsoft Dynamics 365 bundle.