SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale.

NoSQL is building momentum of its own, and providing the familiarity and power of SQL is how it's being done.

Couchbase Server 4.0 addresses NoSQL’s biggest pain point with SQL-like query language for its document datastore ...

It's been amusing to watch the NoSQL movement transition from a 'We don't need no stinking SQL' attitude to a 'Can I please have some SQL with that?' philosophy. The nonrelational databases that ...

As more computing functions move to the cloud, a relatively new database format — NoSQL — is poised to take the place of the SQL database on which so many manufacturers rely. Automation experts weigh ...

And, finally, the SQL language can be overused and complex, but this is largely the choice of the developer or adopted standards within an application group. So if most of the perceived weaknesses for ...

While the audience was comprised of NoSQL users and developers, many seemed to think Stonebraker’s SQL-friendlier approach had some merit, even if they disagreed on individual points.

The place to be Donald Chamberlin (pictured), the visionary behind SQL, is now championing NoSQL. After celebrating SQL's half-century, he reckons that NoSQL is the way to go for stuff that ...