The problem is that we are only…scratching the surface of what they can do. Basically, they just use 10% of the functionality.” The developer experience for relational databases hasn’t improved in 50 ...

This presents many issues to the relational database management system (RDBMS) users of the world.

But, by that same measure, as well as the updated DB-Engines database popularity rankings, relational databases still dominate big data.

perspectives It's time to revisit the conventional wisdom that the relational database is suitable for all data management tasks, says one industry observer.

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 ...

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 ...

Are vendor claims that big data, IoT and NoSQL killed RDBMS credible? Nothing is that simple in the enterprise data center.

Learn the key differences between relational and NoSQL databases with this in-depth comparison. There’s nothing wrong with the traditional relational database management system. In fact, many ...

Even with all the hype around NoSQL, traditional relational databases still make sense for enterprise applications. Here are four reasons why.

While there are many more companies offering tools for RDBMS than for post-relational databases, all the RDBMS tools that require ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) or ODBC (Open Database Connectivity ...

The relational database so dominates the thinking of information technology and business professionals that its presumed suitability for essentially all data management tasks is rarely questioned ...

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 The long hegemony of ...