Oracle is the world's second largest software company in the multi-billion dollar software market with revenues in excess of $37 billion and a market capitalization of approximately $175 billion. The ...

Of any enterprise technology, enterprises are most dedicated to their chosen database. Once data goes into a particular database, CIOs hate to take it out. It's costly, and the risks often outweigh ...

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 ...

What Is a NoSQL Database? A NoSQL database is a non-relational data storage system designed to store and retrieve data ...

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 ...

Just four months ago, Oracle released a very official-looking corporate white paper intent on “debunking the hype” surrounding the NoSQL movement — a widespread effort to build a new breed of database ...

Was it just two or three years ago when choosing a database was easy? Those with a Cadillac budget bought Oracle, those in a Microsoft shop installed SQL Server, those with no budget chose MySQL.

Relational databases (SQL) have been used for decades by nearly every type of business around the world. The technology is reliable, based on stable standards, and has been mature for more than 20 ...

The NoSQL database gets its name from what it isn’t: It’s a database that does not use Structured Query Language (SQL) to access the data. Some of the well-known databases, such as Oracle and ...

There’s a certain class of data problem that is elegantly addressed by NoSQL databases, which is why the market for NoSQL databases is growing faster than the overall market. The market is led by the ...