This post is one of a series that introduces the fundamentals of NOSQL databases, and their role in Big Data Analytics. What are wide column stores? Wide column stores are database management systems ...

The worlds of Big Data and NoSQL overlap and coincide quite a bit. For instance Hbase, a Wide Column Store NoSQL database is often used with Hadoop, and vice-versa. Meanwhile, beyond the Wide Column ...

NoSQL database systems continue to gain traction, but they are still not widely understood. There is more than one type of NoSQL database and a large number of individual NoSQL DBMSs. There are more ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. DataStax is the company behind a ‘highly available’ cloud-native NoSQL data platform built on Apache Cassandra, ...

Under the banner of big data marches a confusing mass of terminology and acronyms. NoSQL is among them, attracting growing interest from businesses struggling to cope with exploding volumes and new ...

Two key figures behind popular open-source hypervisor KVM are today unveiling a new NoSQL database that they describe as a far faster drop-in replacement for Apache Cassandra. The Scylla database, ...