Technology Editor Bill Wong examines the differences between SQL, NoSQL, and NewSQL databases.

Differences between NoSQL and SQL The most prominent difference between NoSQL and SQL lies in how the data is structured in the database. SQL databases organize the information into rectangular ...

When and how to migrate data from SQL to NoSQL are matters of much debate. It can certainly be a daunting task, but when your SQL systems hit architectural limits or your cloud provider expenses ...

SQL databases with in-memory column stores, NoSQL with query languages; it looks like the two schools of database design have begun to merge.

But the division between SQL and NoSQL is increasingly fuzzy, especially as database developers integrate the technologies together and add bits of one to the other.

NoSQL is building momentum of its own, and providing the familiarity and power of SQL is how it's being done.

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 ...

The articles on NoSQL databases in Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge column appearing in recent issues of LJ have been enjoyable. Because this is the Enterprise issue, I think it would be helpful to ...

NoSQL databases designed to store and manage JSON documents started gaining popularity in the early 2000s thanks to the increase of unstructured data.