Since the rise of the Web, SQL-based relational databases have been the dominant structured storage technology behind online applications. The past few years have seen the emergence of the cloud ...

The evolving landscape of NoSQL databases and NoSQL database management systems (NoSQL DBMS) has everything to do with Big Data analytics.

Graph databases and relational databases have big differences when it comes to how connections work, among other things ...

The pioneering work Dr. Edgar F. Codd did in relational database systems will continue in a future product that promises to bring application development power to business professionals.

Most database startups avoid building relational databases, since that market is dominated by a few goliaths. Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server have embedded themselves into the technical ...

Even though it may be the wrong tool for the job, the years of development behind the relational database ensure its popularity — for the moment, says MongoDB's Max Schireson.

Many post-relational database environments in small and midsize businesses have a staff of one programmer. They tend to have one or two consultants who work less than 40 hours a month for them.

Unlike relational databases, which work particularly well with structured data, graph databases are designed to model and store data as interconnected nodes and relationships.