these new databases shunned SQL as a query language, most notably because the SQL language implies support for the relational model through join and other operations. Nevertheless, to avoid the ...

Many of PostgreSQL’s recent changes, from scaling via sharding to adding JSON document-processing functions, have been inspired by NoSQL ... UPSERT operations. With it, the database checks ...

This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What is an RDF store database? RDF stores enable modeling, representation ...

You just have to look at how even the largest databases are changing, with Oracle adopting NoSQL patterns in its in-memory tools, as Microsoft's SQL Server does the same with its new column stores.

Anyway, the 451 Group noted that "like NoSQL, NewSQL is not to be taken too literally: the new thing about the NewSQL vendors is the vendor, not the SQL." So, does that help clear things up?

I was quite surprised to see a recent Slashdot post titled "SQL vs. NoSQL: Which is Better ... for clients who have large amounts of data that fit well into a tabular structure, and who will be doing ...

A provider of a NoSQL datastore has implemented a new query language that is … SQL? But SQL didn’t become the standard for data reporting ... set of array operations. For example: The ability ...

Many of the features shown today had a data theme to them. The most novel feature was the release of Cosmos DB, a replacement for, or upgrade to, Microsoft's Document DB NoSQL database.