South by Southwest Interactive (news, site) attendees with an affinity for big data, or data geeks as they are affectionately referred to at SXSWI, had plenty to do Sunday and Monday in Austin.

Here are 10 basic facts every CIO should know about big data and emerging database technologies.

NoSQL might well be called "the little database engine that could." It is quietly proving it is on track as Big Data transitions to cloud-based data storage and management. NoSQL is increasingly ...

The dirty secret is that big data and NoSQL vendors aren’t just targeting gigantic, consumer-facing companies like Facebook or Google.

Using big data to extract value from your data is one thing. However, using NoSQL can increase your technical debt and put your enterprise at risk of data integrity and the lack of resilience ...

The company has limited presence in the niche NoSQL database market. The gargantuan rise in global unstructured data in recent times has pushed companies into adopting niche technologies such as ...

One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record ...

NoSQL might well be called "the little database engine that could." It is quietly proving it is on track as Big Data transitions to cloud-based data storage and management. NoSQL is increasingly ...

Cloud and big data applications have led to a new wave of NoSQL data stores. We look at what Microsoft and Oracle have to offer ...

The evolving landscape of NoSQL databases and NoSQL database management systems (NoSQL DBMS) has everything to do with Big Data analytics.