NoSQL is a whole new way of thinking about a database. Though NoSQL is not a relational database, the reality is that a relational database model may not be the best solution for all situations.

RDF store databases facilitate the inner workings of applications that connect data from multiple sources. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and ...

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 ...

NoSQL database systems continue to gain traction, but they are still not widely understood. There is more than one type of NoSQL database and a large number of individual NoSQL DBMSs. There are more ...

Navigational databases offer exceptionally rapid data access in exchange for rigorous data structure requirements. This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases ...

NoSQL databases range from key-value stores to columnar databases to document databases to graph databases. On the face of it, nothing sounds more natural or reasonable than a NoSQL database.