Early benchmarks show the language and the database have the capacity to run from 5x to 100x faster than a traditional RDBMS. Selivanov says the company has plans to publish a white paper that ...

Even with all the hype around NoSQL, traditional relational databases still make sense for enterprise applications. Here are four reasons why. Dave Rosenberg Co-founder, MuleSource Dave Rosenberg ...

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 ...

Herein lies the mismatch. Relational databases--with their transactional, dynamic and multi-user features--come with functionality that far exceeds what's needed for simply storing and accessing ...

Oh, sure, NoSQL is having an impact on the $46 billion database market–still just 3% of the market, but growing at a rapid pace even as more traditional relational databases inch up by 5.4% ...

Relational database management systems (RDBMS) rely on an optimizer (or relational optimizer) that transforms SQL statements into executable code. Before any SQL statement can be run by the RDBMS, the ...

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 ...

The relational database is an impressive technology, but it is also the most expensive way to store large volumes of static data simply to provide for potential access some time in the future.

Splice Machine yesterday announced the 2.0 version of its relational database management system (RDBMS), which aims to give you the scalability of Hadoop and the performance of Spark without the ...

Oracle has acquired and is selling in-memory and NoSQL database technology alongside of its popular relational database products. So, the supplier in question can’t support its claim that Oracle ...

Developers rely on JSON -- giving rise to NoSQL document databases. VoltDB CTO Ryan Betts predicts JSON will ultimately be incorporated into relational database software, too ...