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Traditional RDBMS technology is incapable of handling the demands of unstructured, big data. BI pros are now going beyond RDBMS and exploring new options.

Nonetheless, the relational database is adapting to changing enterprise expectations and requirements with increasing deployment options in the cloud and an expanding array of capabilities and ...

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 ...

RDBMS uses structured query language (or SQL) to define, query, and update the database. However, the volume and velocity of business data has changed dramatically in the last couple of years.

Although relational database schemas can be molded, eventually the schema is set and inflexible to change. On the other hand, NoSQL document databases are schema-agnostic.

It occurred to me recently that I've heard very little from the relational database (RDBMS) side of the house when it comes to dealing with big data.

NoSQL is a response to the dramatic growth of unstructured data within the enterprise, and promises to be the biggest challenge to the established relational database management system (RDBMS ...

Cloudflare recently announced they are introducing support for relational database connections through Workers, their serverless application platform. The initial support is for Postgres and MySQL ...

The PR rep said, “The heyday of the 30-year-old relational database is over, and Oracle has missed the shift to next-generational database technology needed to meet today’s big data challenges ...