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To SQL or to NoSQL: the database dilemma
Everybody likes a good technology debate: Mac vs. PC, Android vs. iOS, Larry Ellison vs. the world. On Thursday panelists at GigaOM Structure turned their attention to the world of databases: SQL or NoSQL?
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Cassandra becoming the nosql alternative
Apache describes it simply as "a highly scalable, eventually consistent, distributed, structured key-value store, not a database." It rides as an interface between a relational database and a high-traffic Web presence. The latest re... Read Post
MapReduce vs. SQL: It’s Not One or the Other
A study released today by a team of leading database experts, among them Structure 09 speaker Michael Stonebraker, has been generating buzz for its assertion that clustered SQL database management systems (DBMS) actually perform sig... Read Post
Structure 2010: The Future of SQL in the Cloud
Does the rise of cloud computing mean that traditional SQL databases and solutions are dead, or dying? Not according to a panel of database companies at the Structure conference. Although the "noSQL" movement is gaining steam, most ... Read Post