A relatively new concept in the world of database systems is the NoSQL DBMS. What is NoSQL? Well, I bet you guessed that it doesn’t use SQL, right? I mean, it is sort of right there in the name. But ...

Of any enterprise technology, enterprises are most dedicated to their chosen database. Once data goes into a particular database, CIOs hate to take it out. It's costly, and the risks often outweigh ...

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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 ...

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NoSQL database provider MarkLogic Corp. hit a milestone of sorts Tuesday, announcing that its MarkLogic Enterprise NoSQL database platform is now available on Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud. The ...

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Customers want to get the most bang for their database buck, no matter whether they live on premise or in the cloud. However, as databases move to the cloud, performance and cost can be impacted in ...