We can tell that NoSQL databases are being used to house important data because people are now getting concerned about backing them up. Imanis Data is one of a few new companies focused on this ...

New NoSQL startup FoundationDB announced today the availability of their new data platform. FoundationDB differs from other NoSQL databases in that it supports ACID transactions.

FoundationDB’s database platform was built on a distributed share-nothing architecture that automatically handles machine failures, network problems, data balancing, adding new machines and other ...

The top applications for NoSQL databases, as identified in a recent survey by Couchbase, include personalization, profile management, real-time big data, content management, catalogs, achieving a ...

Speaking of other NoSQL vendors, Aerospike’s market is much smaller, but is growing much faster with the advent of massive data growth and the growing business requirement for immediate decisions.

Time for Prime Time: Effective Data Management for NoSQL and Hadoop Environments Understanding Key Data Protection and Data Orchestration Requirements As organizations continue to look for ways to ...

Various Database Approaches One approach was called a navigational database. Another was developed by the Committee on Data System Languages, and was known both by the name "CODASYL database" and ...

$1.5 billion offered for database company valued at $1.2 billion four years ago Document database company Couchbase is set to be bought by a private equity biz in all-cash transaction valued at ...

SQL Query Capability - Enables SQL queries on NoSQL Cassandra data. Cassandra 2.x Compatibility - Leverages the faster performance and improved security of Cassandra V2.x.

Ron Bodkin discusses early adoption of Hadoop, NoSQL and describes MapReduce and related libraries and Frameworks. Other topics include Hive, Pig, multi tenancy, and security in a big data environment ...