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 ...

To SQL or NoSQL? That’s the database question But as technological lines blur, there's not always a clear-cut answer.

What does it mean for a NoSQL database to offer a SQL query language? Ask the folks at Couchbase, because they announced just such a facility at their Couchbase Connect event yesterday in Santa ...

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

NoSQL databases said that if you had a database with no joins, no standard query language (because implementing SQL takes time), and no data integrity then you could scale horizontally and handle ...

A next-generation query language for document databases extends SQL to work with semi-structured data ...

The Linux Foundation on Monday welcomed Microsoft's DocumentDB into its stable of open source projects, waving the document ...

Couchbase’s SQL query language, called N1QL, is now ready for business in the beta of Couchbase Server 4.0, the company announced today. While Couchbase isn’t giving up on NoSQL concepts or ...

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 ...

The name might be short for Not Only SQL, but to be a proper database that can be used by normal enterprises and not just by hyperscalers with their fleets of PhDs, any database, whether it is a ...