This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What are wide column stores? Wide column stores are database management systems ...

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 modern sense of NoSQL, which dates from 2009, refers to databases that are not built on relational tables, unlike SQL databases. Often, NoSQL databases boast better design flexibility, horizontal ...

Transactional cloud databases come in all shapes and sizes, from simple key-value stores to planet-scale distributed relational databases. Here’s how to choose the right cloud database for your ...

The design of a database determines what method is best suited for backing it up, and those methods vary quite a bit. In order to back up a database, you need to know how it’s delivered, but you also ...

There are more options than ever for data management, including relational, columnar, and in-memory. In a Data Summit presentation, titled "Designing a Data Architecture for Modern Business ...

Google LLC is updating two of its most popular managed cloud databases as part of a continuing effort to reduce the operational complexity of using the services. The updates, announced at the ...

Out today, a free MapR-DB developer preview shows how the NoSQL database can now handle JSON documents natively, in a move designed to simplify and speed up big-data app development. The addition of ...