Developers rely on JSON -- giving rise to NoSQL document databases. VoltDB CTO Ryan Betts predicts JSON will ultimately be incorporated into relational database software, too The long hegemony of SQL ...

Relational database management systems (RDBMS) rely on an optimizer (or relational optimizer) that transforms SQL statements into executable code. Before any SQL statement can be run by the RDBMS, the ...

In another sign that the NoSQL and the relational database worlds will end up playing well together, Ebay spoke last week revealing details of its data warehouse, which it says has one of the largest ...

The decades-old database technology is staging a comeback. SQL and RDBMS are not one and the same thing. SQL is a Structured Query Language. You can make an SQL language implementation even on ...

The market is abuzz with terms like NoSQL, Big Data, NewSQL, Database Appliance, etc. Often, IT decision makers can get very confused with all the noise. They do not understand why they should ...

Splice Machine announced the 2.0 version of its RDBMS, a hybrid in-memory RDBMS powered by Hadoop and Spark. Splice Machine’s version 2.0 delivers a database solution that incorporates the proven ...

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Splice Machine has released version 1.5 of its Hadoop RDBMS, which adds multiple enterprise-ready features. "We're proud to release version 1.5 of our Hadoop RDBMS as another milestone in the ...

Look inside one of Sun's current "Niagara" or "coolthreads" machines and what you'll see is an early market product reflecting a deep commitment to migrating what we naively think of as SMP ...