Current enterprise data architectures include NoSQL databases co-existing with RDBMS. In this article, author discusses a solution for managing NoSQL & relational data using unified data modeling.

The first thing to understand is that the SQL RDBMS and NoSQL databases are complementary technologies.

NoSQL is a whole new way of thinking about a database. Though NoSQL is not a relational database, the reality is that a relational database model may not be the best solution for all situations.

NoSQL databases still have not gained traction with a lot of enterprise customers, despite their enormous prospects for developers, because of the maturity of the relational database technology ...

While NoSQL has taken over many of the duties that the relational database engine used to do, relying only on NoSQL could lead to some issues.

Though NoSQL originally developed as a flexible and agile alternative to relational database systems, non-relational databases haven’t yet gained wide acceptability in the large enterprise segment.

The NoSQL-NewSQL database business is on pace to be 10 percent of the RDBMs in a few years. It’s not there yet, and there will likely be a lot of consolidation around the various database types, ...

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Hadoop and NoSQL databases have emerged as leading choices by bringing new capabilities to the field of data management and analysis. At the same time, the RDBMS, firmly entrenched in most enterprises ...

NoSQL data stores offer alternative data storage options for non-relational data types like document based, object graphs, and key-value pairs. Can a distributed cache be used as a NoSQL store ...