Are you still putting your data in plain, old spreadsheets? Excel 2013 makes it easy to link tables, create reports and more.

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

Excel possesses formidable database powers. Creating a relational database starts with a Master table that links to subordinates called (awkwardly) Slave, Child, or Detail tables.

These relational databases expanded how companies could store and manage their data, but SQL made it possible to interact with that data in ways that matched their business processes.

The database capabilities of Excel are very powerful. In fact, not only can Excel be used to create a simple searchable database, it also can be used to create a proper relational database.

Learn about and revise the topics of relational databases and structured query language (SQL) with this BBC Bitesize GCSE Computer Science AQA study guide.

To SQL or NoSQL? A common misconception (perpetuated by marketing campaigns) is that NoSQL databases are required for IoT workloads because the ingestion rate required exceeds the capabilities of ...